Photo: Harfang · CC BY-SA 3.0Baie-Comeau’s public library is Bibliothèque Alice-Lane
Bibliothèque Alice-Lane has one location for the 20,771 people it serves. Visits ran to 4.3 per person served in 2025. These 2025 figures are what the library reported to Quebec’s public library statistics.
BCivic life#9 of 507 in QuebecWhat Baie-Comeau’s civic life grade weighs
With a B, Baie-Comeau ranks #9 of 507 Quebec towns on civic life. A civic life grade combines library visits per resident, registered charities per 1,000 residents and the province’s volunteering rate, and all three exist for Baie-Comeau.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
Baie-Comeau mailing addresses hold 63 registered charities
That is 3.1 per 1,000 residents, against 1.4 in the typical Quebec town and 1.4 across Canada. Charities are placed by mailing address, which flatters service towns whose post office serves a region and undercounts suburbs and rural municipalities.
25.2%
In 2023, 25.2% of people in Quebec volunteered formally: one estimate for the whole province, likely between 24.0% and 26.4%, in a range of 25.2% to 40.3% across the ten provinces.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
Some 246 visits on an average day
Everything counted at Bibliothèque Alice-Lane in 2025: visits, loans and cards.
Baie-Comeau’s public library
Nearest first, measured in a straight line from the centre of Baie-Comeau.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Visits count everyone. A busy library may owe some of its visits to people who live outside Baie-Comeau; the figure can’t tell them apart.
Questions about the library and civic life in Baie-Comeau
Does Baie-Comeau have a public library?
Yes: Bibliothèque Alice-Lane.
How busy is Bibliothèque Alice-Lane?
It counted 89,776 in-person visits in 2025.
Library statistics: Statistiques des bibliothèques publiques du Québec, 2025. 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).