Photo: Veillg1 · CC BY-SA 4.0At 8.4 visits per person served, Gatineau public library is busier than 89% of Quebec’s town libraries
The 302,616 people Gatineau public library serves have 11 branches to choose from. The figures come from Quebec’s public library statistics for 2025, as the library filed them.
–Civic lifeNot gradedThe three inputs behind a civic life grade for Gatineau
Not graded: a city is graded through its neighbourhoods, each on its own figures.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
Gatineau mailing addresses hold 354 registered charities
Per 1,000 residents that makes 1.2; 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.
25.2%
The whole province shares one estimate: 25.2% of people in Quebec volunteered formally in 2023 (between 24.0% and 26.4%), where the ten provinces run from 25.2% to 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
Some 6,930 visits on an average day
What Gatineau public library counted in 2025, as the library reported it.
Gatineau’s 11 public libraries
In order of distance from the centre of Gatineau, as the crow flies.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Visits count everyone. Anyone through the door counts as a visit, from Gatineau or not, and the statistics have no resident share.
Questions about the library and civic life in Gatineau
Does Gatineau have a public library?
Yes, 11: Bibliothèque Lucy-Faris, Bibliothèque Aurélien-Doucet, Bibliothèque Bernard-Lonergan, Bibliothèque de Riviera and 7 more.
How busy is Gatineau public library?
It counted 2,529,593 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).