Photo: Bouchecl · CC BY-SA 3.0Bibliotheque Annie-St-Arneault is La Tuque’s public library
A single building, Bibliotheque Annie-St-Arneault, serves 11,243 people. Visits ran to 3.7 per person served in 2025. These 2025 figures are what the library reported to Quebec’s public library statistics.
B−Civic life#107 of 507 in QuebecBehind La Tuque’s civic life grade
With a B−, La Tuque ranks #107 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 Tuque.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
La Tuque mailing addresses hold 25 registered charities
It works out to 2.2 per 1,000 residents, where the typical Quebec town has 1.4 and Canada’s 1.4. Charities are placed by mailing address, which flatters service towns whose post office serves a region and undercounts suburbs and rural municipalities.
25.2%
Volunteering here is a provincial number: 25.2% of people across Quebec in 2023, likely 24.0% to 26.4%, set in a ten-province range of 25.2% to 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
Some 113 visits on an average day
The year 2025 at Bibliotheque Annie-St-Arneault, in the library’s own counts.
La Tuque’s public library
In order of distance from the centre of La Tuque, 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 Tuque
Does La Tuque have a public library?
Yes: Bibliotheque Annie-St-Arneault.
How busy is Bibliotheque Annie-St-Arneault?
It counted 41,129 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).