Photo: Pierre Bona · CC BY-SA 3.0Saint-Jean-Baptiste has one public library, Bibliothèque municipale de Saint-Jean-Baptiste
It sits 1.1 km from the centre of Saint-Jean-Baptiste. Its libraries report as part of a wider system, so there are no figures for Saint-Jean-Baptiste in particular.
D−Civic life#472 of 507 in QuebecBehind Saint-Jean-Baptiste’s civic life grade
With a D−, Saint-Jean-Baptiste ranks #472 of 507 Quebec towns on civic life. A civic life grade needs two of its three inputs, and Saint-Jean-Baptiste has charities and volunteering, though not library visits.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
One registered charity gives a Saint-Jean-Baptiste mailing address
That is 0.3 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%
Statistics Canada puts formal volunteering in Quebec at 25.2% in 2023, somewhere between 24.0% and 26.4%, for every town in the province alike; provinces range from 25.2% to 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
Saint-Jean-Baptiste’s public library
Sorted by straight-line distance from the centre of Saint-Jean-Baptiste.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. The locations come from OpenStreetMap and from Statistics Canada’s cultural facilities list of 2020, public libraries only.
Questions about the library and civic life in Saint-Jean-Baptiste
Does Saint-Jean-Baptiste have a public library?
Yes: Bibliothèque municipale de Saint-Jean-Baptiste.
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).