Photo: Veillg1 · CC BY-SA 4.0Saint-Basile-le-Grand’s public library is Bibliothèque Roland-Leblanc
A single building, Bibliothèque Roland-Leblanc, serves 17,309 people. 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.
C−Civic life#301 of 507 in QuebecBehind Saint-Basile-le-Grand’s civic life grade
With a C−, Saint-Basile-le-Grand ranks #301 of 507 Quebec towns on civic life. Saint-Basile-le-Grand has every input a civic life grade uses: library visits per resident, charities per 1,000 residents and the province’s volunteering rate.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
9 registered charities are based in Saint-Basile-le-Grand, by mailing address
It works out to 0.5 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%
For 2023, the provincial survey estimates that 25.2% of people in Quebec volunteered formally (likely 24.0% to 26.4%); among the ten provinces the rate goes from 25.2% to 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
About 174 visits a day
Everything counted at Bibliothèque Roland-Leblanc in 2025: visits, loans and cards.
Saint-Basile-le-Grand’s public library
Sorted by straight-line distance from the centre of Saint-Basile-le-Grand.
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 Saint-Basile-le-Grand
Does Saint-Basile-le-Grand have a public library?
Yes: Bibliothèque Roland-Leblanc.
How busy is Bibliothèque Roland-Leblanc?
It counted 63,492 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).