Photo: Société du patrimoine des Beaucerons - Fonds PR86 - Collection Chantale Gilbert pl. 1, no 1 · Public domainNo public library stands in Saint-Elzéar: the closest, Bibliothèque Honorius-Provost, is 5.2 km away
After it comes Bibliothèque La Volutheque (Saint-Frédéric), 8.5 km away. Its libraries report as part of a wider system, so there are no figures for Saint-Elzéar in particular.
DCivic life#428 of 507 in QuebecSaint-Elzéar’s civic life grade, input by input
With a D, Saint-Elzéar ranks #428 of 507 Quebec towns on civic life. Two of the three civic life inputs exist for Saint-Elzéar, enough for a grade: charities and volunteering, but not library visits.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
Saint-Elzéar mailing addresses hold 3 registered charities
That is 1.1 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%
No town-level count exists, so the page uses Quebec as a whole: 25.2% volunteered formally in 2023, between 24.0% and 26.4%, while the provinces span 25.2% to 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
The nearest library is 5.2 km from Saint-Elzéar
In order of distance from the centre of Saint-Elzéar, as the crow flies.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. Locations merge two sources, OpenStreetMap and Statistics Canada’s 2020 list, without school, college or hospital libraries.
Questions about the library and civic life in Saint-Elzéar
Does Saint-Elzéar have a public library?
There isn’t one in Saint-Elzéar; people there use libraries such as Bibliothèque Honorius-Provost, in Sainte-Marie.
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).