Photo: Dominic Germain · CC BY-SA 3.0Bibliotheque Municipale De Nicolet draws 1.2 visits per person served, behind 90% of Quebec’s town libraries
A single building, Bibliotheque Municipale De Nicolet, serves 8,775 people. These 2025 figures are what the library reported to Quebec’s public library statistics.
CCivic life#238 of 507 in QuebecWhat Nicolet’s civic life grade weighs
Nicolet gets a C for civic life, #238 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 Nicolet.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
34 registered charities are based in Nicolet, by mailing address
That is 3.9 per 1,000 residents, against 1.4 in the typical Quebec town and 1.4 across Canada. Charities are placed by mailing address, which flatters service towns whose post office serves a region and undercounts suburbs and rural municipalities.
25.2%
One figure covers all of Quebec: in 2023, 25.2% of its people gave time to an organization (between 24.0% and 26.4%), against a provincial range of 25.2% to 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
About 29 visits a day
The year 2025 at Bibliotheque Municipale De Nicolet, in the library’s own counts.
Nicolet’s public library
Closest first, each distance a straight line from the centre of Nicolet.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. Only public libraries are mapped: OpenStreetMap and Statistics Canada’s 2020 list, with school and university libraries removed.
Questions about the library and civic life in Nicolet
Does Nicolet have a public library?
Yes: Bibliotheque Municipale De Nicolet.
How busy is Bibliotheque Municipale De Nicolet?
It counted 10,413 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).