Photo: Noppen, Luc, 1949 · CC BY-SA 4.0Saint-Joseph-du-Lac has one public library, Bibliotheque De Saint-Joseph-Du-Lac
Bibliotheque De Saint-Joseph-Du-Lac serves 7,394 people from a single building. It counted 2 in-person visits per person served in 2025. These are 2025 figures, the library’s own yearly return to Quebec’s statistics.
DCivic life#417 of 507 in QuebecSaint-Joseph-du-Lac’s civic life grade, input by input
Saint-Joseph-du-Lac gets a D for civic life, #417 of 507 towns graded in Quebec. A civic life grade combines library visits per resident, registered charities per 1,000 residents and the province’s volunteering rate, and all three exist for Saint-Joseph-du-Lac.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
7 registered charities give a Saint-Joseph-du-Lac mailing address
It works out to 1 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.
25.2%
For 2023, the provincial survey estimates that 25.2% of people in Quebec volunteered formally (likely 24.0% to 26.4%); among the ten provinces the rate goes from 25.2% to 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
Some 41 visits on an average day
The year 2025 at Bibliotheque De Saint-Joseph-Du-Lac, in the library’s own counts.
Saint-Joseph-du-Lac’s public library
Sorted by straight-line distance from the centre of Saint-Joseph-du-Lac.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. The map joins OpenStreetMap with Statistics Canada’s 2020 cultural facilities list and leaves out school, college and private libraries.
Questions about the library and civic life in Saint-Joseph-du-Lac
Does Saint-Joseph-du-Lac have a public library?
Yes: Bibliotheque De Saint-Joseph-Du-Lac.
How busy is Bibliotheque De Saint-Joseph-Du-Lac?
It counted 14,905 in-person visits in 2025.
Library statistics: Statistiques des bibliothèques publiques du Québec, 2025. 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).