Photo: Félix Mathieu-Bégin · CC BY-SA 4.0Bibliothèque Le Signet (Saint-Gilles) is Saint-Gilles’s public library
It sits 1.1 km from the centre of Saint-Gilles. Saint-Gilles has no library board of its own in the provincial statistics, so no visit or loan figures appear here.
DCivic life#444 of 507 in QuebecBehind Saint-Gilles’s civic life grade
Saint-Gilles gets a D for civic life, #444 of 507 towns graded in Quebec. A civic life grade needs two of its three inputs, and Saint-Gilles has charities and volunteering, though not library visits.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
Saint-Gilles mailing addresses hold 2 registered charities
It works out to 0.6 per 1,000 residents, where the typical Quebec town has 1.4 and Canada’s 1.4. 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%
Formal volunteering is measured only for the province: 25.2% of Quebec’s people in 2023, give or take (24.0% to 26.4%), with the provinces between 25.2% and 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
Saint-Gilles’s public library
Closest first, each distance a straight line from the centre of Saint-Gilles.
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 Saint-Gilles
Does Saint-Gilles have a public library?
Yes: Bibliothèque Le Signet (Saint-Gilles).
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).