Photo: Wilfredor · CC0Bibliothèque de Québec draws 8.5 visits per person served, ahead of 90% of Quebec’s town libraries
From 27 branches, Bibliothèque de Québec serves 594,443 people. The figures come from Quebec’s public library statistics for 2025, as the library filed them.
–Civic lifeNot gradedWhat a civic life grade would weigh in Québec
Not graded: a city is graded through its neighbourhoods, each on its own figures.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
Québec mailing addresses hold 883 registered charities
It works out to 1.5 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%
Volunteering here is a provincial number: 25.2% of people across Quebec in 2023, likely 24.0% to 26.4%, set in a ten-province range of 25.2% to 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
About 13,841 visits a day
The year 2025 at Bibliothèque de Québec, in the library’s own counts.
27 public libraries in Québec
In order of distance from the centre of Québec, as the crow flies.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Visits count everyone. A busy library may owe some of its visits to people who live outside Québec; the figure can’t tell them apart.
Questions about the library and civic life in Québec
Does Québec have a public library?
Yes, 27: Bibliothèque Aliette-Marchand, Bibliothèque Bon-Pasteur, Bibliothèque Champigny, Bibliothèque Charles-H.-Blais and 23 more.
How busy is Bibliothèque de Québec?
It counted 5,051,797 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).