Photo: Harfang · CC BY 3.0Nantes has no public library of its own; the nearest is Médiathèque Nelly-Arcan, 4.5 km away
No library board reports for Nantes alone: its libraries belong to a county or regional system, whose figures cover many towns.
CCivic lifeGraded on library visits, charities and volunteeringNantes’s civic life grade, input by input
Nantes gets a C for civic life. Nantes 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.
3 registered charities give a Nantes mailing address
It works out to 2.1 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%
Across Quebec, 25.2% of people volunteered through an organization in 2023, a provincial estimate with a likely range of 24.0% to 26.4%; the lowest province sits at 25.2% and the highest at 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
The nearest library is 4.5 km from Nantes
Nearest first, measured in a straight line from the centre of Nantes.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. Two sources make the map, OpenStreetMap and a 2020 Statistics Canada list, with academic and private libraries dropped.
Questions about the library and civic life in Nantes
Does Nantes have a public library?
The map shows none in Nantes; Médiathèque Nelly-Arcan, in Lac-Mégantic, is the closest.
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).