Photo: Cantons-de-l'Est · CC BY-SA 4.0Waterville’s public library is Bibliothèque municipale de Waterville
From the centre of Waterville, it is 2.7 km away. Waterville has no library board of its own in the provincial statistics, so no visit or loan figures appear here.
C+Civic life#111 of 507 in QuebecBehind Waterville’s civic life grade
Waterville gets a C+ for civic life, #111 of 507 towns graded in Quebec. Two of the three civic life inputs exist for Waterville, 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.
9 registered charities are based in Waterville, by mailing address
Per 1,000 residents that makes 3.4; 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.
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.
Waterville’s public library
Sorted by straight-line distance from the centre of Waterville.
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 Waterville
Does Waterville have a public library?
Yes: Bibliothèque municipale de Waterville.
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).