Photo: Charny · CC BY-SA 3.0Maria’s public library is Bibliothèque Noël-Audet (Maria)
The library is 0.2 km from the centre of Maria. No library board reports for Maria alone: its libraries belong to a county or regional system, whose figures cover many towns.
C−Civic life#290 of 507 in QuebecMaria’s civic life grade, input by input
Civic life in Maria grades C−: #290 of the 507 towns graded in Quebec. Two of the three civic life inputs exist for Maria, 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.
8 registered charities give a Maria mailing address
That is 2.9 per 1,000 residents, against 1.4 in the typical Quebec town and 1.4 across Canada. 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%
Between 24.0% and 26.4% of people in Quebec volunteered formally in 2023, 25.2% at the estimate’s middle; that is one figure for the province, which ranges from 25.2% to 40.3% nationally.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
Maria’s public library
Nearest first, measured in a straight line from the centre of Maria.
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 Maria
Does Maria have a public library?
Yes: Bibliothèque Noël-Audet (Maria).
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).