Saint-Joachim-de-Shefford has no public library of its own; the nearest is Bibliothèque municipale, 8.6 km away

After it comes Bibliothèque Municipale Roxton Pond (Roxton Pond), 11 km away. Saint-Joachim-de-Shefford has no library board of its own in the provincial statistics, so no visit or loan figures appear here.

DCivic lifeGraded on library visits, charities and volunteering

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Civic life grade

Behind Saint-Joachim-de-Shefford’s civic life grade

Saint-Joachim-de-Shefford gets a D for civic life. Saint-Joachim-de-Shefford has charities and volunteering for a civic life grade, though not library visits, and two of the three are enough.

Civic lifeA character grade: shown, never part of Saint-Joachim-de-Shefford’s overall grade.

–Library visitsNo library board of its own C⁻Charities2.6 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

4 registered charities are based in Saint-Joachim-de-Shefford, by mailing address

It works out to 2.6 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.

Volunteering

25.2%

The whole province shares one estimate: 25.2% of people in Quebec volunteered formally in 2023 (between 24.0% and 26.4%), where the ten provinces run from 25.2% to 40.3%.

Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.

Nearest libraries

The closest is 8.6 km from Saint-Joachim-de-Shefford

In order of distance from the centre of Saint-Joachim-de-Shefford, as the crow flies.

8.6kmBibliothèque municipaleRoxtonDirections →11kmBibliothèque Municipale Roxton PondRoxton PondDirections →13kmBibliothèque municipale de Roxton FallsRoxton FallsDirections →16kmBibliothèque Paul-O TrépanierGranbyDirections →17kmBibliothèque Yvonne L BombardierValcourtDirections →

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

Library locations. OpenStreetMap and Statistics Canada’s list of cultural facilities (2020), merged; school, college, hospital and private libraries are left out.

Questions about the library and civic life in Saint-Joachim-de-Shefford

Does Saint-Joachim-de-Shefford have a public library?

No, but Bibliothèque municipale in Roxton is the nearest public library to Saint-Joachim-de-Shefford.

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).