No public library stands in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli: the closest, Bibliothèque Charles-E.-Harpe, is 5.1 km away

After it comes Bibliothèque Jean-Paul-Bourque (L'Islet-Sur-Mer) (L'Islet), 12 km away. No library board reports for Saint-Jean-Port-Joli alone: its libraries belong to a county or regional system, whose figures cover many towns.

B⁻Civic life#100 of 507 in Quebec

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Civic life grade

Behind Saint-Jean-Port-Joli’s civic life grade

Civic life in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli grades B−: #100 of the 507 towns graded in Quebec. Saint-Jean-Port-Joli has charities and volunteering for a civic life grade, though not library visits, and two of the three are enough.

B⁻

Civic lifeA character grade: shown, never part of Saint-Jean-Port-Joli’s overall grade.

–Library visitsNo library board of its own A⁻Charities3.9 per 1,000 · Quebec towns 1.4 · Canada 1.4 C⁻Volunteering25.2% of residents · all of Quebec, 2023

Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.

Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.

Places to belong

13 registered charities are based in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, by mailing address

It works out to 3.9 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.

Volunteering

25.2%

The 2023 survey gives Quebec one volunteering rate for all its towns, 25.2% (between 24.0% and 26.4%), while provinces run from 25.2% at the low end to 40.3%.

Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.

Nearest libraries

The closest is 5.1 km from Saint-Jean-Port-Joli

Sorted by straight-line distance from the centre of Saint-Jean-Port-Joli.

5.1kmBibliothèque Charles-E.-HarpeSaint-AubertDirections →12kmBibliothèque Jean-Paul-Bourque (L'Islet-Sur-Mer)L'IsletDirections →13kmBibliothèque Bibli-Aulnaies (Saint-Roch-Des-Aulnaies)Directions →13kmBibliothèque Léon-Laberge (L'Islet)L'IsletDirections →24kmBibliothèque Leo-Pol-MorinCap-Saint-IgnaceDirections →

How to read these numbers

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-Jean-Port-Joli

Does Saint-Jean-Port-Joli have a public library?

No library is mapped inside Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, and the nearest one is Bibliothèque Charles-E.-Harpe in Saint-Aubert.

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).