Statistics on independent public libraries, Laval and all of Québec, 2005-2009    ( Export to Excel)

Unit 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Laval
Libraries n 1 1 1 1 1
Users n 68,207 73,302 205,838 225,611 174,475
Users per 100 000 population2 n 18,416 19,451 54,420 58,655 44,607
  
Books n 685,553 675,869 644,232 641,871 645,151
Books per 100 000 population2 n 185,100 179,349 170,325 166,876 164,941
  
User loans n 2,533,983 2,693,797 2,733,816 2,744,001 r 3,112,001
User loans per 100 000 population2 n 684,180 714,829 722,777 r 713,396 r 795,621
  
Employees3 n 123 123 124 127 r 136
  
Librarians n 18 18 18 19 19
  
Revenues $ 9,720,795 9,996,317 10,363,032 11,651,649 11,797,240
 Municipal government assistance $ 8,519,192 8,839,373 9,014,822 10,235,816 10,306,692
 MCCQ4 subsidies $ 815,600 815,600 1,088,029 1,139,644 1,216,046
 Other revenues $ 386,003 341,344 260,181 276,189 274,502
  
Total expenditures $ 9,720,795 9,996,317 10,363,032 11,651,649 11,797,240
Operating expenditures $ 9,720,795 9,996,317 10,258,832 10,656,345 11,550,021
 Remuneration and benefits $ 6,427,364 7,113,212 7,057,354 7,317,607 8,067,390
 Cost and maintenance of premises $ 1,502,583 1,167,143 1,147,180 1,171,169 1,238,379
 Acquisition, maintenance and repair expenses $ 1,271,851 1,206,128 1,360,353 1,397,427 1,370,078
 Other expenses $ 518,997 509,834 693,945 770,142 874,174
Capital expenditures $ .. .. 104,200 995,304 247,219
  
All of Québec
Libraries1,5 n 106 125 125 130 130
Users n 1,926,599 1,845,023 2,023,900 1,990,125 1,952,562
Users per 100 000 population2 n 32,260 30,551 33,270 32,106 r 31,156
  
Books n 14,862,399 15,362,869 15,683,851 16,133,845 16,365,729
Books per 100 000 population2 n 248,865 254,391 257,821 260,280 r 261,143
  
User loans n 36,366,643 36,255,323 36,236,864 37,683,773 r 39,755,777
User loans per 100 000 population2 n 608,946 600,346 595,685 r 607,935 r 634,370
  
Employees3 n 2,252 2,316 2,308 2,431 r 2,398
  
Librarians n 286 307 313 318 r 328
  
Revenues $ 199,193,079 r 206,599,969 r 219,686,453 235,654,235 250,961,236
 Municipal government assistance $ 137,256,047 179,350,797 192,415,864 207,748,718 220,376,583
 MCCCF4 subsidies $ 15,592,345 16,315,700 18,235,893 18,756,464 21,598,332
 Other revenues $ 46,344,687 r 10,933,471 r 9,034,696 9,149,053 8,986,322
  
Total expenditures $ 199,076,020 r 206,574,792 r 219,445,045 238,545,471 r 258,299,209
Operating expenditures $ 199,076,020 r 206,574,792 r 213,471,302 221,588,393 227,160,712
 Remuneration and benefits $ 115,351,991 121,968,041 r 127,131,009 133,118,105 r 139,308,218
 Cost and maintenance of premises $ 27,285,772 26,138,660 27,675,808 25,748,204 25,333,609
 Acquisition, maintenance and repair expenses $ 30,909,872 r 32,974,494 r 30,355,345 31,591,341 30,427,359
 Other expenses $ 25,528,384 r 25,493,598 r 28,309,140 31,130,743 r 32,091,527
Capital expenditures $ .. .. 5,973,743 16,957,078 31,138,497
  

1. Excluding the Grande bibliothèque.
2. Québec population data was taken from the population estimates of the Institut de la statistique du Québec.
3. Equivalent to the number of full-time employees.
4. Subsidies for projects in the computerization, animation, training and cultural equipment fields are excluded.
5. The increase in the number of autonomous public libraries can be explained by the municipal demergers.
  
Source: Ministère de la Culture, des Communications et de la Condition féminine and Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec
Data for 2005 compiled by the Direction de la recherche et de l'évaluation de programmes of the MCCCF.
Data for 2006 to 2009 compiled by the Institut de la statistique du Québec, Observatoire de la culture et des communications du Québec.
 
September 13, 2011
 
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