Photo: Benjilafouine · CC BY-SA 4.0Bibliothèque de Chénéville is Lac-Simon’s public library
From the centre of Lac-Simon, it is 4.3 km away. Its libraries report as part of a wider system, so there are no figures for Lac-Simon in particular.
CCivic lifeGraded on library visits, charities and volunteeringWhat Lac-Simon’s civic life grade weighs
Lac-Simon gets a C for civic life. Two of the three civic life inputs exist for Lac-Simon, enough for a grade: charities and volunteering, but not library visits.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
2 registered charities give a Lac-Simon mailing address
That is 1.7 per 1,000 residents, against 1.4 in the typical Quebec town and 1.4 across Canada. 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%
No town-level count exists, so the page uses Quebec as a whole: 25.2% volunteered formally in 2023, between 24.0% and 26.4%, while the provinces span 25.2% to 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
Lac-Simon’s public library
In order of distance from the centre of Lac-Simon, as the crow flies.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. OpenStreetMap and Statistics Canada’s list of cultural facilities (2020), merged; school, college, hospital and private libraries are left out.
Questions about the library and civic life in Lac-Simon
Does Lac-Simon have a public library?
Yes: Bibliothèque de Chénéville.
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).