Photo: SaguenayMaville · CC BY-SA 4.0Saguenay has 10 public library branches
The population Saguenay public library serves is 151,972. In 2025 it logged 3.7 visits for every person it serves. These are 2025 figures, the library’s own yearly return to Quebec’s statistics.
CCivic life#242 of 507 in QuebecSaguenay’s civic life grade, input by input
With a C, Saguenay ranks #242 of 507 Quebec towns on civic life. A civic life grade combines library visits per resident, registered charities per 1,000 residents and the province’s volunteering rate, and all three exist for Saguenay.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
Saguenay mailing addresses hold 222 registered charities
That is 1.5 per 1,000 residents, against 1.4 in the typical Quebec town and 1.4 across Canada. Counting by mailing address favors a service town, where the surrounding area’s charities get their mail, over the suburbs and countryside around it.
25.2%
The whole province shares one estimate: 25.2% of people in Quebec volunteered formally in 2023 (between 24.0% and 26.4%), where the ten provinces run from 25.2% to 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
About 1,530 visits a day
The year 2025 at Saguenay public library, in the library’s own counts.
Saguenay’s 10 public libraries
In order of distance from the centre of Saguenay, as the crow flies.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. Only public libraries are mapped: OpenStreetMap and Statistics Canada’s 2020 list, with school and university libraries removed.
Questions about the library and civic life in Saguenay
Does Saguenay have a public library?
Yes, 10: Bibliothèque d'Arvida, Bibliothèque - La Baie, Bibliothèque de Chicoutimi, Bibliothèque De Kénogami and 6 more.
How busy is Saguenay public library?
It counted 558,480 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).