Photo: art_inthecity from Montréal, CA · CC BY 2.0Bibliothèque Paul-O Trépanier is Granby’s public library
Bibliothèque Paul-O Trépanier has one location for the 71,572 people it serves. It counted 2.8 in-person visits per person served in 2025. These are 2025 figures, the library’s own yearly return to Quebec’s statistics.
C−Civic life#292 of 507 in QuebecBehind Granby’s civic life grade
Granby gets a C− for civic life, #292 of 507 towns graded in Quebec. All three civic life inputs exist for Granby: library visits per resident, charities per 1,000 residents and the provincial volunteering rate.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
Granby mailing addresses hold 106 registered charities
It works out to 1.5 per 1,000 residents, where the typical Quebec town has 1.4 and Canada’s 1.4. 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.
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 539 visits on an average day
The year 2025 at Bibliothèque Paul-O Trépanier, in the library’s own counts.
Granby’s public library
Sorted by straight-line distance from the centre of Granby.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. The points are public libraries only, drawn from OpenStreetMap and from Statistics Canada’s list of cultural facilities (2020).
Questions about the library and civic life in Granby
Does Granby have a public library?
Yes: Bibliothèque Paul-O Trépanier.
How busy is Bibliothèque Paul-O Trépanier?
It counted 196,852 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).