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

Unit 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Laurentides
Libraries n 17 17 17 19 19
Users n 119,253 114,030 121,756 139,487 138,454
Users per 100 000 population2 n 32,416 30,580 32,321 34,530 33,839
  
Books n 1,045,296 1,088,115 1,107,277 1,165,784 1,208,070
Books per 100 000 population2 n 284,136 291,804 293,939 288,588 295,260
  
User loans n 2,317,163 2,310,188 2,234,500 2,328,420 r 2,494,532
User loans per 100 000 population2 n 629,859 619,533 593,173 r 576,397 r 609,680
  
Employees3 n 152 152 155 171 r 171
  
Librarians n 11 11 14 12 14
  
Revenues $ 11,966,314 12,123,334 12,692,509 r 14,542,021 12,658,855
 Municipal government assistance $ 10,275,307 10,331,503 10,975,835 12,684,990 10,701,655
 MCCQ4 subsidies $ 982,335 1,036,800 1,221,267 1,328,929 1,391,113
 Other revenues $ 708,672 755,031 495,408 528,102 566,086
  
Total expenditures $ 11,966,313 12,126,788 12,749,555 r 14,141,560 16,120,721
Operating expenditures $ 11,966,313 12,126,788 12,280,888 13,595,435 14,091,919
 Remuneration and benefits $ 6,932,654 7,373,355 7,872,216 8,617,488 r 8,936,794
 Cost and maintenance of premises $ 2,139,851 1,543,002 1,228,464 1,263,658 1,474,414
 Acquisition, maintenance and repair expenses $ 1,734,995 1,855,853 1,934,927 2,128,635 2,121,605
 Other expenses $ 1,158,813 1,354,578 1,245,281 1,585,653 r 1,559,107
Capital expenditures $ .. .. 468,668 546,125 2,028,802
  
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.
 
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