Photo: Veillg1 · CC BY-SA 4.0Bibliotheque Laure-Conan draws 6.1 visits per person served, ahead of 81% of Quebec’s town libraries
A single building, Bibliotheque Laure-Conan, serves 8,524 people. These are 2025 figures, the library’s own yearly return to Quebec’s statistics.
B+Civic life#3 of 507 in QuebecBehind La Malbaie’s civic life grade
With a B+, La Malbaie ranks #3 of 507 Quebec towns on civic life. All three civic life inputs exist for La Malbaie: 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.
34 registered charities give a La Malbaie mailing address
That is 4.1 per 1,000 residents, against 1.4 in the typical Quebec town and 1.4 across Canada. Charities are placed by mailing address, which flatters service towns whose post office serves a region and undercounts suburbs and rural municipalities.
25.2%
Statistics Canada puts formal volunteering in Quebec at 25.2% in 2023, somewhere between 24.0% and 26.4%, for every town in the province alike; provinces range from 25.2% to 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
Some 143 visits on an average day
The year 2025 at Bibliotheque Laure-Conan, in the library’s own counts.
La Malbaie’s public library
Sorted by straight-line distance from the centre of La Malbaie.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Visits count everyone. A library’s visits include people from neighbouring towns and visitors; the statistics don’t say how many come from La Malbaie itself.
Questions about the library and civic life in La Malbaie
Does La Malbaie have a public library?
Yes: Bibliotheque Laure-Conan.
How busy is Bibliotheque Laure-Conan?
It counted 52,289 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).