Photo: D. Gordon E. Robertson · CC BY-SA 3.0Cantley has one public library, Bibliotheque De Cantley
From the centre of Cantley, it is 1.3 km away.
D−Civic life#500 of 507 in QuebecBehind Cantley’s civic life grade
Civic life in Cantley grades D−: #500 of the 507 towns graded in Quebec. Two of the three civic life inputs exist for Cantley, 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.
7 registered charities are based in Cantley, by 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. 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%
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.
Cantley’s public library
Nearest first, measured in a straight line from the centre of Cantley.
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 Cantley
Does Cantley have a public library?
Yes: Bibliotheque De Cantley.
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).