Photo: Gabriel Picard · CC BY-SA 4.0Saint-Raphaël has no public library of its own; the nearest is Bibliothèque Biblio Du Centenaire (Saint-Neree), 8.9 km away
After it comes Bibliothèque Marie-Josephte-Corrivaux (Saint-Vallier) (Saint-Vallier), 11 km away. No library board reports for Saint-Raphaël alone: its libraries belong to a county or regional system, whose figures cover many towns.
C−Civic lifeGraded on library visits, charities and volunteeringBehind Saint-Raphaël’s civic life grade
Saint-Raphaël gets a C− for civic life. A civic life grade needs two of its three inputs, and Saint-Raphaël has charities and volunteering, though not library visits.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
2 registered charities give a Saint-Raphaël mailing address
It works out to 0.8 per 1,000 residents, where the typical Quebec town has 1.4 and Canada’s 1.4. 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%
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.
The nearest library is 8.9 km from Saint-Raphaël
In order of distance from the centre of Saint-Raphaël, as the crow flies.
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-Raphaël
Does Saint-Raphaël have a public library?
Not within Saint-Raphaël itself: the closest is Bibliothèque Biblio Du Centenaire (Saint-Neree), in Quebec.
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).