Photo: Edwin Lester Brittain · CC BY-SA 4.0Bibliotheque De Luskville (Pontiac) and Bibliothèque Quyon are Pontiac’s two public libraries
Pontiac has no library board of its own in the provincial statistics, so no visit or loan figures appear here.
DCivic life#441 of 507 in QuebecBehind Pontiac’s civic life grade
Civic life in Pontiac grades D: #441 of the 507 towns graded in Quebec. Pontiac 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.
4 registered charities are based in Pontiac, by mailing address
Per 1,000 residents that makes 0.6; the median is 1.4 for Quebec towns and 1.4 for Canada’s. 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%
No town-level count exists, so the page uses Quebec as a whole: 25.2% volunteered formally in 2023, between 24.0% and 26.4%, while the provinces span 25.2% to 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
Pontiac’s 2 public libraries
In order of distance from the centre of Pontiac, as the crow flies.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. OpenStreetMap and Statistics Canada’s list of cultural facilities (2020), merged; school, college, hospital and private libraries are left out.
Questions about the library and civic life in Pontiac
Does Pontiac have a public library?
Yes, 2: Bibliotheque De Luskville (Pontiac) and Bibliothèque Quyon.
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).