Laflèche has one public library, Bibliothèque J.-W.-Gendron
The library figures on this page are Longueuil’s: Bibliothèque J.-W.-Gendron serves all 267,524 people of the city, Laflèche among them. Visits ran to 2.6 per person served in 2025. These 2025 figures are what the library reported to Quebec’s public library statistics.
C−Civic life#323 of 507 in QuebecWhat Laflèche’s civic life grade weighs
Laflèche gets a C− for civic life, #323 of 507 towns graded in Quebec. 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 Laflèche.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
309 registered charities give a Longueuil mailing address
There is no count for Laflèche on its own: the charities are those of all of Longueuil. Per 1,000 residents that makes 1.2; the median is 1.4 for Quebec towns and 1.4 for Canada’s. Charities are placed by mailing address, which flatters service towns whose post office serves a region and undercounts suburbs and rural municipalities.
25.2%
The 2023 survey gives Quebec one volunteering rate for all its towns, 25.2% (between 24.0% and 26.4%), while provinces run from 25.2% at the low end to 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
Some 1,937 visits on an average day
Everything counted at Bibliothèque J.-W.-Gendron in 2025: visits, loans and cards.
Laflèche’s public library
Sorted by straight-line distance from the centre of Laflèche.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. Public library locations are taken from OpenStreetMap and a 2020 Statistics Canada inventory, merged where both list one place.
Questions about the library and civic life in Laflèche
Does Laflèche have a public library?
Yes: Bibliothèque J.-W.-Gendron.
How busy is Bibliothèque J.-W.-Gendron?
It counted 706,979 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).