Photo: Bulliver · CC BY-SA 3.03 public library branches serve Athabasca
Athabasca Library serves 2,965 people. Its borrowers took out 7.8 items per person served in 2022. Alberta’s open library statistics stop at 2022, so these are its 2022 figures.
A−Civic life#55 of 474 in AlbertaAthabasca’s civic life grade, input by input
With a A−, Athabasca ranks #55 of 474 Alberta towns on civic life. Athabasca has every input a civic life grade uses: library visits per resident, charities per 1,000 residents and the province’s volunteering rate.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
29 registered charities give a Athabasca mailing address
It works out to 10.1 per 1,000 residents, where the typical Alberta town has 1.3 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.
37.1%
The 2023 survey gives Alberta one volunteering rate for all its towns, 37.1% (between 35.1% and 39.2%), while provinces run from 25.2% at the low end to 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
Ahead of most of Alberta’s town libraries on 2 of 3 measures
Per person served, against the 118 town libraries in Alberta’s 2022 statistics.
Town libraries only; regional systems left out.
About 29 visits a day
What Athabasca Library counted in 2022, as the library reported it.
Athabasca’s 3 public libraries
Sorted by straight-line distance from the centre of Athabasca.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. The map joins OpenStreetMap with Statistics Canada’s 2020 cultural facilities list and leaves out school, college and private libraries.
Questions about the library and civic life in Athabasca
Does Athabasca have a public library?
Yes, 3: Athabasca Public Library, Redwater Public Library and St. Paul Municipal Library.
How busy is Athabasca Library?
The 2022 totals: 10,664 in-person visits, 23,143 loans.
Library statistics: Alberta public library statistics, 2022. 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).