Stanstead has one public library, Bibliothèque De Stanstead

It stands 0.8 km from the centre of Stanstead. Its libraries report as part of a wider system, so there are no figures for Stanstead in particular.

C⁺Civic life#182 of 507 in Quebec

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Charities

5 per 1,000 residents

Civic life grade

Stanstead’s civic life grade, input by input

With a C+, Stanstead ranks #182 of 507 Quebec towns on civic life. Two of the three civic life inputs exist for Stanstead, enough for a grade: charities and volunteering, but not library visits.

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Civic lifeA character grade: shown, never part of Stanstead’s overall grade.

–Library visitsNo library board of its own B⁺Charities5 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

15 registered charities are based in Stanstead, by mailing address

Per 1,000 residents that makes 5; the median is 1.4 for Quebec towns and 1.4 for Canada’s. The CRA files each charity under its mailing address, so a service town collects its region’s charities and a suburb or rural municipality few.

Volunteering

25.2%

In 2023, 25.2% of people in Quebec volunteered formally: one estimate for the whole province, likely between 24.0% and 26.4%, in a range of 25.2% to 40.3% across the ten provinces.

Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.

The libraries

Stanstead’s public library

Nearest first, measured in a straight line from the centre of Stanstead.

0.8kmBibliothèque De StansteadDirections →

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

Library locations. The map joins OpenStreetMap with Statistics Canada’s 2020 cultural facilities list and leaves out school, college and private libraries.

Questions about the library and civic life in Stanstead

Does Stanstead have a public library?

Yes: Bibliothèque De Stanstead.

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).