Photo: Mario Hains · CC BY-SA 3.0The nearest public library to Orford is Bibliothèque De Magog (Secteur Omerville), 6.7 km away
The next is Bibliothèque Municipale Memphrémagog (Magog), 8.4 km away. Its libraries report as part of a wider system, so there are no figures for Orford in particular.
C+Civic life#182 of 507 in QuebecOrford’s civic life grade, input by input
Orford gets a C+ for civic life, #182 of 507 towns graded in Quebec. Orford 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.
6 registered charities are based in Orford, by mailing address
It works out to 1.1 per 1,000 residents, where the typical Quebec town has 1.4 and Canada’s 1.4. The CRA files each charity under its mailing address, so a service town collects its region’s charities and a suburb or rural municipality few.
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 closest is 6.7 km from Orford
Nearest first, measured in a straight line from the centre of Orford.
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 Orford
Does Orford have a public library?
None is mapped in Orford; the nearest is Bibliothèque De Magog (Secteur Omerville), in Magog.
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).