Photo: Hayden Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Val-d'Or public library logs 8.1 visits per person served, more than 89% of Quebec’s town libraries
The 33,214 people Val-d'Or public library serves have 2 branches to choose from. These 2025 figures are what the library reported to Quebec’s public library statistics.
C+Civic life#156 of 507 in QuebecWhat Val-d'Or’s civic life grade weighs
Civic life in Val-d'Or grades C+: #156 of the 507 towns graded in Quebec. All three civic life inputs exist for Val-d'Or: library visits per resident, charities per 1,000 residents and the provincial volunteering rate.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
43 registered charities give a Val-d'Or mailing address
It works out to 1.3 per 1,000 residents, where the typical Quebec town has 1.4 and Canada’s 1.4. Charities are placed by mailing address, which flatters service towns whose post office serves a region and undercounts suburbs and rural municipalities.
25.2%
The whole province shares one estimate: 25.2% of people in Quebec volunteered formally in 2023 (between 24.0% and 26.4%), where the ten provinces run from 25.2% to 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
About 741 visits a day
What Val-d'Or public library counted in 2025, as the library reported it.
Val-d'Or’s 2 public libraries
In order of distance from the centre of Val-d'Or, as the crow flies.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Visits count everyone. Visitors and people from nearby towns are in the count too; how many live in Val-d'Or isn’t recorded.
Questions about the library and civic life in Val-d'Or
Does Val-d'Or have a public library?
Yes, 2: Bibliotheque De Sullivan and Bibliothèque de Val-d’Or.
How busy is Val-d'Or public library?
It counted 270,384 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).