Photo: Gaétan Veillette · CC BY-SA 4.0Shawville has one public library, Shawville-Clarendon Library
It stands 0.1 km from the centre of Shawville. No library board reports for Shawville alone: its libraries belong to a county or regional system, whose figures cover many towns.
B−Civic lifeGraded on library visits, charities and volunteeringBehind Shawville’s civic life grade
Shawville gets a B− for civic life. Two of the three civic life inputs exist for Shawville, enough for a grade: charities and volunteering, but not library visits.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
13 registered charities are based in Shawville, by mailing address
It works out to 7.5 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%
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.
Shawville’s public library
Sorted by straight-line distance from the centre of Shawville.
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 Shawville
Does Shawville have a public library?
Yes: Shawville-Clarendon Library.
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).