Photo: Harfang · CC BY-SA 3.0Bibliothèque : "Au fil des mots" is Saint-Basile’s public library
It sits 0.4 km from the centre of Saint-Basile. No library board reports for Saint-Basile alone: its libraries belong to a county or regional system, whose figures cover many towns.
D−Civic life#457 of 507 in QuebecBehind Saint-Basile’s civic life grade
Civic life in Saint-Basile grades D−: #457 of the 507 towns graded in Quebec. Saint-Basile 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.
Saint-Basile mailing addresses hold 4 registered charities
That is 1.4 per 1,000 residents, against 1.4 in the typical Quebec town and 1.4 across Canada. 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%
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.
Saint-Basile’s public library
Nearest first, measured in a straight line from the centre of Saint-Basile.
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
Does Saint-Basile have a public library?
Yes: Bibliothèque : "Au fil des mots".
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).