Photo: NickCibroit · CC BY-SA 4.0Bibliothèque Léo-Lecavalier is La Prairie’s public library
Bibliothèque Léo-Lecavalier has one location for the 27,117 people it serves. 2.5 visits per person served came through its doors in 2025. These 2025 figures are what the library reported to Quebec’s public library statistics.
DCivic life#375 of 507 in QuebecBehind La Prairie’s civic life grade
With a D, La Prairie ranks #375 of 507 Quebec towns on civic life. A civic life grade combines library visits per resident, registered charities per 1,000 residents and the province’s volunteering rate, and all three exist for La Prairie.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
24 registered charities give a La Prairie mailing address
It works out to 0.9 per 1,000 residents, where the typical Quebec town has 1.4 and Canada’s 1.4. 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.
About 184 visits a day
What Bibliothèque Léo-Lecavalier counted in 2025, as the library reported it.
La Prairie’s public library
In order of distance from the centre of La Prairie, as the crow flies.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. Locations merge two sources, OpenStreetMap and Statistics Canada’s 2020 list, without school, college or hospital libraries.
Questions about the library and civic life in La Prairie
Does La Prairie have a public library?
Yes: Bibliothèque Léo-Lecavalier.
How busy is Bibliothèque Léo-Lecavalier?
It counted 66,986 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).