No public library stands in Franklin: the closest, Bibliothèque de Ormstown, is 9.3 km away

After it comes Bibliothèque Municipale D'Ormstown (Ormstown), 9.6 km away. Franklin has no library board of its own in the provincial statistics, so no visit or loan figures appear here.

C⁻Civic lifeGraded on library visits, charities and volunteering

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Civic life grade

Behind Franklin’s civic life grade

Civic life in Franklin grades C−. A civic life grade needs two of its three inputs, and Franklin has charities and volunteering, though not library visits.

C⁻

Civic lifeA character grade: shown, never part of Franklin’s overall grade.

–Library visitsNo library board of its own B⁻Charities1.7 per 1,000 · Quebec towns 1.4 · Canada 1.4 C⁻Volunteering25.2% of residents · all of Quebec, 2023

Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.

Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.

Places to belong

Franklin mailing addresses hold 3 registered charities

That is 1.7 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.

Volunteering

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.

Nearest libraries

The closest is 9.3 km from Franklin

Nearest first, measured in a straight line from the centre of Franklin.

9.3kmBibliothèque de OrmstownOrmstownDirections →9.6kmBibliothèque Municipale D'OrmstownOrmstownDirections →19kmBibliothèque Municipale De Saint-Louis-De-GonzagueSaint-Louis-de-GonzagueDirections →20kmLa Petite Bibliothèque VerteHuntingdonWebsite →22kmBibliothèque municipale Maxime-RaymondSaint-Stanislas-de-KostkaDirections →

How to read these numbers

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 Franklin

Does Franklin have a public library?

None is mapped in Franklin; the nearest is Bibliothèque de Ormstown, in Ormstown.

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).