Photo: Réjean Tremblay · CC BY 4.0Eeyou Istchee Baie-James has 3 public library branches
Among them: Bibliothèque De Villebois, Bibliothèque Muncipale de Beaucanton and Bibliothèque Municipal de Val-Paradis. No library board reports for Eeyou Istchee Baie-James alone: its libraries belong to a county or regional system, whose figures cover many towns.
DCivic lifeGraded on library visits, charities and volunteeringEeyou Istchee Baie-James’s civic life grade, input by input
Civic life in Eeyou Istchee Baie-James grades D. Two of the three civic life inputs exist for Eeyou Istchee Baie-James, 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.
One registered charity gives a Eeyou Istchee Baie-James mailing address
That is 0.8 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%
One figure covers all of Quebec: in 2023, 25.2% of its people gave time to an organization (between 24.0% and 26.4%), against a provincial range of 25.2% to 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
3 public libraries in Eeyou Istchee Baie-James
Closest first, each distance a straight line from the centre of Eeyou Istchee Baie-James.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. OpenStreetMap and Statistics Canada’s list of cultural facilities (2020), merged; school, college, hospital and private libraries are left out.
Questions about the library and civic life in Eeyou Istchee Baie-James
Does Eeyou Istchee Baie-James have a public library?
Yes, 3: Bibliothèque De Villebois, Bibliothèque Muncipale de Beaucanton and Bibliothèque Municipal de Val-Paradis.
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).