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Libraries · Caplan

Caplan has one public library, Bibliothèque Jeanne-Ferlatte (Caplan)

It sits 1.4 km from the centre of Caplan. Its libraries report as part of a wider system, so there are no figures for Caplan in particular.

B−Civic lifeGraded on library visits, charities and volunteering
Libraries
1
Charities
4
2 per 1,000 residents
Civic life grade

What Caplan’s civic life grade weighs

Caplan’s civic life grade is B−. A civic life grade needs two of its three inputs, and Caplan has charities and volunteering, though not library visits.

B−
Civic lifeA character grade: shown, never part of Caplan’s overall grade.

Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.

Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.

Places to belong

Caplan mailing addresses hold 4 registered charities

Per 1,000 residents that makes 2; the median is 1.4 for Quebec towns and 1.4 for Canada’s. Counting by mailing address favors a service town, where the surrounding area’s charities get their mail, over the suburbs and countryside around it.

Volunteering

25.2%

Volunteering here is a provincial number: 25.2% of people across Quebec in 2023, likely 24.0% to 26.4%, set in a ten-province range of 25.2% to 40.3%.

Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.

The libraries

Caplan’s public library

In order of distance from the centre of Caplan, as the crow flies.

How to read these numbers

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 Caplan

Does Caplan have a public library?

Yes: Bibliothèque Jeanne-Ferlatte (Caplan).

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).