Photo: Philippe Du Berger from Montréal · CC BY 2.0Montréal public library logs 6.5 visits per person served, more than 84% of Quebec’s town libraries
Petite-Côte is served by Montréal public library, the library of all of Montréal, so the figures here are the city’s, for 1,948,747 people. These are 2025 figures, the library’s own yearly return to Quebec’s statistics.
B−Civic life#14 of 507 in QuebecBehind Petite-Côte’s civic life grade
With a B−, Petite-Côte ranks #14 of 507 Quebec towns on civic life. All three civic life inputs exist for Petite-Côte: library visits per resident, charities per 1,000 residents and the provincial volunteering rate.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
3,830 registered charities are based in Montréal, by mailing address
There is no count for Petite-Côte on its own: the charities are those of all of Montréal. It works out to 2 per 1,000 residents, where the typical Quebec town has 1.4 and Canada’s 1.4. 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 34,653 visits on an average day
What Montréal public library counted in 2025, as the library reported it.
The closest is 1.1 km from Petite-Côte
Sorted by straight-line distance from the centre of Petite-Côte.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Visits count everyone. The visit count makes no difference between Petite-Côte’s residents and everyone else who walks in.
Questions about the library and civic life in Petite-Côte
Does Petite-Côte have a public library?
No, but Bibliotheque du Jardin in Marie-Victorin is the nearest public library to Petite-Côte.
How busy is Montréal public library?
It counted 12,648,282 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).