Photo: Unknown author Unknown author · Public domainAmherst has 3 public library branches
By name: Bibliothèque de Vendée, Bibliothèque de Saint-Rémi and Bibliothèque De Vendee (Amherst). No library board reports for Amherst alone: its libraries belong to a county or regional system, whose figures cover many towns.
C−Civic lifeGraded on library visits, charities and volunteeringBehind Amherst’s civic life grade
Civic life in Amherst grades C−. Two of the three civic life inputs exist for Amherst, enough for a grade: charities and volunteering, but not library visits.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
One registered charity gives a Amherst mailing address
It works out to 0.6 per 1,000 residents, where the typical Quebec town has 1.4 and Canada’s 1.4. Charities are placed by mailing address, which flatters service towns whose post office serves a region and undercounts suburbs and rural municipalities.
25.2%
Between 24.0% and 26.4% of people in Quebec volunteered formally in 2023, 25.2% 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.
Amherst’s 3 public libraries
Nearest first, measured in a straight line from the centre of Amherst.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. Two sources make the map, OpenStreetMap and a 2020 Statistics Canada list, with academic and private libraries dropped.
Questions about the library and civic life in Amherst
Does Amherst have a public library?
Yes, 3: Bibliothèque de Vendée, Bibliothèque de Saint-Rémi and Bibliothèque De Vendee (Amherst).
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).