Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainThe nearest public library to Saint-René is Bibliothèque Municipale De Saint-Côme-Liniere, 7.9 km away
After it comes Bibliothèque Municipale De Saint-Martin Et Saint-René (Saint-Martin), 8.7 km away. No library board reports for Saint-René alone: its libraries belong to a county or regional system, whose figures cover many towns.
DCivic lifeGraded on library visits, charities and volunteeringSaint-René’s civic life grade, input by input
Civic life in Saint-René grades D. Saint-René has charities and volunteering for a civic life grade, though not library visits, and two of the three are enough.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
One registered charity gives a Saint-René mailing address
It works out to 1 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 7.9 km from Saint-René
In order of distance from the centre of Saint-René, as the crow flies.















What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. Only public libraries are mapped: OpenStreetMap and Statistics Canada’s 2020 list, with school and university libraries removed.
Questions about the library and civic life in Saint-René
Does Saint-René have a public library?
There isn’t one in Saint-René; people there use libraries such as Bibliothèque Municipale De Saint-Côme-Liniere, in Saint-Côme--Linière.
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).