Gaspé has 8 public library branches

Among them: Bibliothèque Alma-Bourget-Costicella (Gaspe), Bibliothèque de Cap-aux-Os, Bibliothèque De Douglastown (Gaspe) and 5 more. Gaspé has no library board of its own in the provincial statistics, so no visit or loan figures appear here.

B⁻Civic life#93 of 507 in Quebec

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Libraries

Charities

3 per 1,000 residents

Civic life grade

What Gaspé’s civic life grade weighs

Gaspé gets a B− for civic life, #93 of 507 towns graded in Quebec. Two of the three civic life inputs exist for Gaspé, enough for a grade: charities and volunteering, but not library visits.

B⁻

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

–Library visitsNo library board of its own A⁻Charities3 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

46 registered charities are based in Gaspé, by mailing address

Per 1,000 residents that makes 3; the median is 1.4 for Quebec towns and 1.4 for Canada’s. The CRA files each charity under its mailing address, so a service town collects its region’s charities and a suburb or rural municipality few.

Volunteering

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.

The libraries

8 public libraries in Gaspé

Closest first, each distance a straight line from the centre of Gaspé.

0.5kmBibliothèque Alma-Bourget-Costicella (Gaspe)Directions →11kmBibliothèque de Cap-aux-OsDirections →11kmBibliothèque De Douglastown (Gaspe)Directions →18kmBibliothèque de L'Anse-au-GriffonDirections →19kmBibliothèque De Rivière-Au-Renard (Gaspe)Directions →19kmBibliothèque de Rivière-au-RenardDirections →23kmBibliothèque de Petit-CapDirections →28kmBibliothèque de L'Anse-à-ValleauDirections →

How to read these numbers

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 Gaspé

Does Gaspé have a public library?

Yes, 8: Bibliothèque Alma-Bourget-Costicella (Gaspe), Bibliothèque de Cap-aux-Os, Bibliothèque De Douglastown (Gaspe), Bibliothèque de L'Anse-à-Valleau and 4 more.

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).