Photo: P199 · Public domainPapineau-Cameron has no public library of its own; the nearest is Phelps Public Library, 45 km away
After it comes East Ferris Public Library (East Ferris), 48 km away.
C−Civic lifeGraded on library visits, charities and volunteeringPapineau-Cameron’s civic life grade, input by input
Civic life in Papineau-Cameron grades C−. Papineau-Cameron has every input a civic life grade uses: library visits per resident, charities per 1,000 residents and the province’s volunteering rate.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
No registered charity gives a Papineau-Cameron mailing address
Charities are placed by mailing address, which flatters service towns whose post office serves a region and undercounts suburbs and rural municipalities.
32.1%
No town-level count exists, so the page uses Ontario as a whole: 32.1% volunteered formally in 2023, between 31.0% and 33.2%, while the provinces span 25.2% to 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
The closest is 45 km from Papineau-Cameron
In order of distance from the centre of Papineau-Cameron, as the crow flies.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. Only public libraries are mapped: OpenStreetMap and Statistics Canada’s 2020 list, with school and university libraries removed.
Questions about the library and civic life in Papineau-Cameron
Does Papineau-Cameron have a public library?
No, but Phelps Public Library in Nipissing, Unorganized, North Part is the nearest public library to Papineau-Cameron.
Library statistics: Ontario Public Library Statistics, 2024. 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).














