Photo: Danielle Langlois · Public domainLes Îles-de-la-Madeleine public library logs 0.7 visits per person served, fewer than 97% of Quebec’s town libraries
Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine public library has 3 branches for the 12,521 people it serves. The figures come from Quebec’s public library statistics for 2025, as the library filed them.
C−Civic life#259 of 507 in QuebecBehind Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine’s civic life grade
Civic life in Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine grades C−: #259 of the 507 towns graded in Quebec. Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine has every input a civic life grade uses: library visits per resident, charities per 1,000 residents and the province’s volunteering rate.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
28 registered charities are based in Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine, by mailing address
It works out to 2.3 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%
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 23 visits on an average day
The year 2025 at Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine public library, in the library’s own counts.
Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine’s 3 public libraries
Sorted by straight-line distance from the centre of Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. The points are public libraries only, drawn from OpenStreetMap and from Statistics Canada’s list of cultural facilities (2020).
Questions about the library and civic life in Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine
Does Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine have a public library?
Yes, 3: Bibliothèque Jean-Lapierre, Bibliotheque De Grande-Entree and Bibliotheque De L'Ile-Du-Havre-Aubert.
How busy is Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine public library?
It counted 8,383 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).