Photo: Maxime Laterreur · CC BY 4.0No public library stands in Waterloo: the closest, Bromont Bibliotheque, is 11 km away
No library board reports for Waterloo alone: its libraries belong to a county or regional system, whose figures cover many towns.
DCivic life#370 of 507 in QuebecBehind Waterloo’s civic life grade
Civic life in Waterloo grades D: #370 of the 507 towns graded in Quebec. A civic life grade needs two of its three inputs, and Waterloo has charities and volunteering, though not library visits.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
11 registered charities give a Waterloo mailing address
It works out to 1.9 per 1,000 residents, where the typical Quebec town has 1.4 and Canada’s 1.4. 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.
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.
The closest is 11 km from Waterloo
In order of distance from the centre of Waterloo, as the crow flies.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. Only public libraries are mapped: OpenStreetMap and Statistics Canada’s 2020 list, with school and university libraries removed.
Questions about the library and civic life in Waterloo
Does Waterloo have a public library?
No, but Bromont Bibliotheque in Bromont is the nearest public library to Waterloo.
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).