Val-Alain has no public library of its own; the nearest is Bibliothèque Adrien-Lambert (Saint-Janvier-De-Joly), 11 km away

After it comes Bibliothèque De Lyster (Graziella-Ouellet) (Lyster), 12 km away. Val-Alain has no library board of its own in the provincial statistics, so no visit or loan figures appear here.

DCivic lifeGraded on library visits, charities and volunteering

Directions Nearest libraries

Civic life grade

Behind Val-Alain’s civic life grade

Civic life in Val-Alain grades D. Two of the three civic life inputs exist for Val-Alain, enough for a grade: charities and volunteering, but not library visits.

Civic lifeA character grade: shown, never part of Val-Alain’s overall grade.

–Library visitsNo library board of its own DCharities0 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

No registered charity gives a Val-Alain mailing address

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%

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.

Nearest libraries

The nearest library is 11 km from Val-Alain

Sorted by straight-line distance from the centre of Val-Alain.

11kmBibliothèque Adrien-Lambert (Saint-Janvier-De-Joly)Saint-Janvier-de-JolyDirections →12kmBibliothèque De Lyster (Graziella-Ouellet)LysterDirections →15kmBibliothèque De LauriervilleLauriervilleDirections →17kmBibliothèque La FlaviethequeSaint-FlavienDirections →19kmBibliothèque La Bouquinerie (Dosquet)Saint-FlavienDirections →

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

Library locations. Public library locations are taken from OpenStreetMap and a 2020 Statistics Canada inventory, merged where both list one place.

Questions about the library and civic life in Val-Alain

Does Val-Alain have a public library?

There isn’t one in Val-Alain; people there use libraries such as Bibliothèque Adrien-Lambert (Saint-Janvier-De-Joly), in Saint-Janvier-de-Joly.

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).