Photo: Robert Garry · CC BY-SA 4.0Chibougamau public library counted 13,967 in-person visits in 2025
Chibougamau public library has one location for the 7,327 people it serves. It counted 1.9 in-person visits per person served in 2025. These are 2025 figures, the library’s own yearly return to Quebec’s statistics.
DCivic life#366 of 507 in QuebecBehind Chibougamau’s civic life grade
Chibougamau gets a D for civic life, #366 of 507 towns graded in Quebec. 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 Chibougamau.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
Chibougamau mailing addresses hold 19 registered charities
That is 2.6 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%
The 2023 survey gives Quebec one volunteering rate for all its towns, 25.2% (between 24.0% and 26.4%), while provinces run from 25.2% at the low end to 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
Some 38 visits on an average day
What Chibougamau public library counted in 2025, as the library reported it.
Chibougamau’s public library
Sorted by straight-line distance from the centre of Chibougamau.
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 Chibougamau
Does Chibougamau have a public library?
Yes: Bibliothèque municipale.
How busy is Chibougamau public library?
It counted 13,967 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).