Photo: Nicolas Raymond from Bethesda, Maryland, USA · CC BY 2.0Rawdon has one public library, Bibliotheque Alice-Quintal
A single building, Bibliotheque Alice-Quintal, serves 12,722 people. It counted 2 in-person visits per person served in 2025. These 2025 figures are what the library reported to Quebec’s public library statistics.
C−Civic life#271 of 507 in QuebecBehind Rawdon’s civic life grade
Rawdon gets a C− for civic life, #271 of 507 towns graded in Quebec. All three civic life inputs exist for Rawdon: library visits per resident, charities per 1,000 residents and the provincial volunteering rate.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
25 registered charities are based in Rawdon, by mailing address
It works out to 1.9 per 1,000 residents, where the typical Quebec town has 1.4 and Canada’s 1.4. Charities are placed by mailing address, which flatters service towns whose post office serves a region and undercounts suburbs and rural municipalities.
25.2%
Between 24.0% and 26.4% of people in Quebec volunteered formally in 2023, 25.2% at the estimate’s middle; that is one figure for the province, which ranges from 25.2% to 40.3% nationally.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
Some 69 visits on an average day
What Bibliotheque Alice-Quintal counted in 2025, as the library reported it.
Rawdon’s public library
Nearest first, measured in a straight line from the centre of Rawdon.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. The map joins OpenStreetMap with Statistics Canada’s 2020 cultural facilities list and leaves out school, college and private libraries.
Questions about the library and civic life in Rawdon
Does Rawdon have a public library?
Yes: Bibliotheque Alice-Quintal.
How busy is Bibliotheque Alice-Quintal?
It counted 25,038 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).