Photo: Gabriel Picard · CC BY-SA 4.0Caraquet has one public library, Mgr. Paquet Public Library
From the centre of Caraquet, it is 1.3 km away. Visits and loans aren’t published as open data in New Brunswick, so this page has none for Caraquet.
C+Civic life#43 of 60 in New BrunswickWhat Caraquet’s civic life grade weighs
Caraquet gets a C+ for civic life, #43 of 60 towns graded in New Brunswick. 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.
11 registered charities are based in Caraquet, by mailing address
That is 2.4 per 1,000 residents, against 1.8 in the typical New Brunswick town and 1.4 across Canada. 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%
34.4% of people in New Brunswick did formal volunteering in 2023, a province-wide estimate between 31.6% and 37.2%; across the ten provinces the rate runs from 25.2% to 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
Caraquet’s public library
Closest first, each distance a straight line from the centre of Caraquet.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. Statistics Canada’s 2020 facilities list and OpenStreetMap supply the points; libraries of schools, colleges and hospitals are not shown.
Questions about the library and civic life in Caraquet
Does Caraquet have a public library?
Yes: Mgr. Paquet Public Library.
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).