Photo: Fairchild Aviation Limited (d'après l'inscription dans le coin inférieur droit de la photo) · Public domainShawinigan has 8 public library branches
Shawinigan public library counts 51,561 people in its service area. It counted 1.9 in-person visits per person served in 2025. The figures come from Quebec’s public library statistics for 2025, as the library filed them.
C−Civic life#348 of 507 in QuebecBehind Shawinigan’s civic life grade
Shawinigan gets a C− for civic life, #348 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 Shawinigan.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
78 registered charities are based in Shawinigan, by mailing address
That is 1.5 per 1,000 residents, against 1.4 in the typical Quebec town and 1.4 across Canada. 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%
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.
Some 271 visits on an average day
What Shawinigan public library counted in 2025, as the library reported it.
Shawinigan’s 8 public libraries
Sorted by straight-line distance from the centre of Shawinigan.
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 Shawinigan
Does Shawinigan have a public library?
Yes, 8: Bibliothèque Bruno-Sigmen, Bibliothèque Colette-B.-Forget, Bibliothèque De Grandes-Piles, Bibliothèque Denise-B.-Trudel and 4 more.
How busy is Shawinigan public library?
It counted 98,918 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).