More loans per person served than all but a few of Alberta’s town libraries: Barnwell Library lends 32.1
A single building, Barnwell Library, serves 947 people. Visits ran to 8.5 per person served in 2022. Alberta’s open library statistics stop at 2022, so these are its 2022 figures.
A−Civic lifeGraded on library visits, charities and volunteeringBarnwell’s civic life grade, input by input
Barnwell’s civic life grade is A−. A civic life grade combines library visits per resident, registered charities per 1,000 residents and the province’s volunteering rate, and all three exist for Barnwell.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
One registered charity gives a Barnwell mailing address
That is 0.9 per 1,000 residents, against 1.3 in the typical Alberta town and 1.4 across Canada. Counting by mailing address favors a service town, where the surrounding area’s charities get their mail, over the suburbs and countryside around it.
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 all 3 measures
Per person served, against the 118 town libraries in Alberta’s 2022 statistics.
Town libraries only; regional systems left out.
Some 22 visits on an average day
What Barnwell Library counted in 2022, as the library reported it.
The closest is 9.5 km from Barnwell
Sorted by straight-line distance from the centre of Barnwell.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Visits count everyone. A busy library may owe some of its visits to people who live outside Barnwell; the figure can’t tell them apart.
Questions about the library and civic life in Barnwell
Does Barnwell have a public library?
No, but Wandering River Public Library in Taber is the nearest public library to Barnwell.
How busy is Barnwell Library?
Its 2022 report counts 8,005 visits in person and 30,386 items lent.
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).