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Libraries · Plaisance

Plaisance’s public library is Bibliothèque De Calumet (Grenville-Sur-La-Rouge)

It stands 2.3 km from the centre of Plaisance. No library board reports for Plaisance alone: its libraries belong to a county or regional system, whose figures cover many towns.

CCivic lifeGraded on library visits, charities and volunteering
Libraries
1
Charities
4
3.4 per 1,000 residents
Civic life grade

Behind Plaisance’s civic life grade

Plaisance’s civic life grade is C. Two of the three civic life inputs exist for Plaisance, enough for a grade: charities and volunteering, but not library visits.

C
Civic lifeA character grade: shown, never part of Plaisance’s overall grade.

Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.

Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.

Places to belong

4 registered charities are based in Plaisance, by mailing address

Per 1,000 residents that makes 3.4; the median is 1.4 for Quebec towns and 1.4 for Canada’s. Charities are placed by mailing address, which flatters service towns whose post office serves a region and undercounts suburbs and rural municipalities.

Volunteering

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.

The libraries

Plaisance’s public library

Sorted by straight-line distance from the centre of Plaisance.

How to read these numbers

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 Plaisance

Does Plaisance have a public library?

Yes: Bibliothèque De Calumet (Grenville-Sur-La-Rouge).

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).