Photo: Fralambert · CC BY-SA 4.0Saint-Paul public library draws 1.2 visits per person served, behind 92% of Quebec’s town libraries
From 2 branches, Saint-Paul public library serves 7,128 people. These are 2025 figures, the library’s own yearly return to Quebec’s statistics.
C−Civic life#323 of 507 in QuebecBehind Saint-Paul’s civic life grade
Saint-Paul gets a C− for civic life, #323 of 507 towns graded in Quebec. All three civic life inputs exist for Saint-Paul: library visits per resident, charities per 1,000 residents and the provincial volunteering rate.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
2 registered charities give a Saint-Paul mailing address
Per 1,000 residents that makes 0.3; the median is 1.4 for Quebec towns and 1.4 for Canada’s. 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.
About 23 visits a day
Everything counted at Saint-Paul public library in 2025: visits, loans and cards.
2 public libraries in Saint-Paul
Sorted by straight-line distance from the centre of Saint-Paul.
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-Paul
Does Saint-Paul have a public library?
Yes, 2: Bibliotheque De Saint-Paul and Bibliothèque de Saint-Paul.
How busy is Saint-Paul public library?
It counted 8,437 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).