Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainNo public library stands in Caraquet: the closest, Laval Goupil Public Library, is 8.1 km away
Without open library statistics in New Brunswick, the page names Caraquet’s libraries but shows no visits or loans.
C+Civic lifeGraded on library visits, charities and volunteeringWhat Caraquet’s civic life grade weighs
Caraquet’s civic life grade is C+. A civic life grade needs two of its three inputs, and Caraquet has charities and volunteering, though not library visits.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
Caraquet mailing addresses hold 2 registered charities
Per 1,000 residents that makes 1.6; 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.
34.4%
Between 31.6% and 37.2% of people in New Brunswick volunteered formally in 2023, 34.4% at the estimate’s middle; that is one figure for the province, which ranges from 25.2% to 40.3% nationally.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
The closest is 8.1 km from Caraquet
Nearest first, measured in a straight line from the centre of Caraquet.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. The locations come from OpenStreetMap and from Statistics Canada’s cultural facilities list of 2020, public libraries only.
Questions about the library and civic life in Caraquet
Does Caraquet have a public library?
None is mapped in Caraquet; the nearest is Laval Goupil Public Library, in Shippagan.
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).














