The nearest public library to Bas-Caraquet is Mgr. Paquet Public Library, 9.4 km away

The next is Laval Goupil Public Library (Shippagan), 11 km away. Without open library statistics in New Brunswick, the page names Bas-Caraquet’s libraries but shows no visits or loans.

C⁺Civic lifeGraded on library visits, charities and volunteering

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Civic life grade

Behind Bas-Caraquet’s civic life grade

Bas-Caraquet gets a C+ for civic life. Two of the three civic life inputs exist for Bas-Caraquet, enough for a grade: charities and volunteering, but not library visits.

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Civic lifeA character grade: shown, never part of Bas-Caraquet’s overall grade.

–Library visitsNo open library statistics in New Brunswick C⁺Charities0.7 per 1,000 · New Brunswick towns 1.8 · Canada 1.4 B⁻Volunteering34.4% of residents · all of New Brunswick, 2023

Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.

Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.

Places to belong

One registered charity gives a Bas-Caraquet mailing address

Per 1,000 residents that makes 0.7; the median is 1.8 for New Brunswick towns and 1.4 for Canada’s. Counting by mailing address favors a service town, where the surrounding area’s charities get their mail, over the suburbs and countryside around it.

Volunteering

34.4%

The 2023 survey gives New Brunswick one volunteering rate for all its towns, 34.4% (between 31.6% and 37.2%), while provinces run from 25.2% at the low end to 40.3%.

Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.

Nearest libraries

The nearest library is 9.4 km from Bas-Caraquet

Sorted by straight-line distance from the centre of Bas-Caraquet.

9.4kmMgr. Paquet Public LibraryCaraquetDirections →11kmLaval Goupil Public LibraryShippaganDirections →14kmLamèque Public LibraryLamèqueDirections →33kmTracadie Public LibraryTracadieDirections →37kmBibliothèque De Hope TownDirections →

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

Library locations. The map joins OpenStreetMap with Statistics Canada’s 2020 cultural facilities list and leaves out school, college and private libraries.

Questions about the library and civic life in Bas-Caraquet

Does Bas-Caraquet have a public library?

The map shows none in Bas-Caraquet; Mgr. Paquet Public Library, in Caraquet, is the closest.

Library locations: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Statistics Canada, Open Database of Cultural and Art Facilities (2020). Charities: Canada Revenue Agency, List of charities (2024), charitable organizations only.

Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).