Photo: P199 · Public domainLac Simon has no public library of its own; the nearest is Bibliothèque de Val-d’Or, 33 km away
After it comes Bibliotheque De Sullivan (Val-d'Or), 36 km away. No library board reports for Lac Simon alone: its libraries belong to a county or regional system, whose figures cover many towns.
D−Civic lifeGraded on library visits, charities and volunteeringWhat Lac Simon’s civic life grade weighs
Lac Simon’s civic life grade is D−. Lac Simon has charities and volunteering for a civic life grade, though not library visits, and two of the three are enough.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
No registered charity gives a Lac Simon mailing address
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%
25.2% of people in Quebec did formal volunteering in 2023, a province-wide estimate between 24.0% and 26.4%; across the ten provinces the rate runs from 25.2% to 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
The closest is 33 km from Lac Simon
Closest first, each distance a straight line from the centre of Lac Simon.
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 Lac Simon
Does Lac Simon have a public library?
No library is mapped inside Lac Simon, and the nearest one is Bibliothèque de Val-d’Or in Val-d'Or.
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).