Photo: Gilbertus · CC BY 3.0The nearest public library to Boischatel is Bibliothèque Fernand-Dumont, 3.3 km away
After it comes Bibliothèque Étienne-Parent (Vieux-Moulin), 6.5 km away. Boischatel has no library board of its own in the provincial statistics, so no visit or loan figures appear here.
D−Civic life#478 of 507 in QuebecBehind Boischatel’s civic life grade
With a D−, Boischatel ranks #478 of 507 Quebec towns on civic life. Two of the three civic life inputs exist for Boischatel, 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.
3 registered charities are based in Boischatel, by mailing address
That is 0.3 per 1,000 residents, against 1.4 in the typical Quebec 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.
25.2%
25.2% of people in Quebec did formal volunteering in 2023, a province-wide estimate between 24.0% and 26.4%; across the ten provinces the rate runs from 25.2% to 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
The closest is 3.3 km from Boischatel
Closest first, each distance a straight line from the centre of Boischatel.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. Locations merge two sources, OpenStreetMap and Statistics Canada’s 2020 list, without school, college or hospital libraries.
Questions about the library and civic life in Boischatel
Does Boischatel have a public library?
No, but Bibliothèque Fernand-Dumont in Chutes-Montmorency is the nearest public library to Boischatel.
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).