Sainte-Mélanie’s public library is Bibliothèque Louise-Amélie-Panet

The library is 1.2 km from the centre of Sainte-Mélanie. No library board reports for Sainte-Mélanie alone: its libraries belong to a county or regional system, whose figures cover many towns.

C⁻Civic life#282 of 507 in Quebec

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Charities

0.9 per 1,000 residents

Civic life grade

Sainte-Mélanie’s civic life grade, input by input

With a C−, Sainte-Mélanie ranks #282 of 507 Quebec towns on civic life. Sainte-Mélanie has charities and volunteering for a civic life grade, though not library visits, and two of the three are enough.

C⁻

Civic lifeA character grade: shown, never part of Sainte-Mélanie’s overall grade.

–Library visitsNo library board of its own C⁺Charities0.9 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

Sainte-Mélanie mailing addresses hold 3 registered charities

It works out to 0.9 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.

Volunteering

25.2%

Statistics Canada puts formal volunteering in Quebec at 25.2% in 2023, somewhere between 24.0% and 26.4%, for every town in the province alike; provinces range from 25.2% to 40.3%.

Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.

The libraries

Sainte-Mélanie’s public library

Sorted by straight-line distance from the centre of Sainte-Mélanie.

1.2kmBibliothèque Louise-Amélie-PanetDirections →

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

Library locations. The points are public libraries only, drawn from OpenStreetMap and from Statistics Canada’s list of cultural facilities (2020).

Questions about the library and civic life in Sainte-Mélanie

Does Sainte-Mélanie have a public library?

Yes: Bibliothèque Louise-Amélie-Panet.

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).