Barrhead County No. 11 has no public library of its own; the nearest is Barrhead Public Library, 8.6 km away

After it comes Rich Valley Library (Lac Ste. Anne County), 36 km away. No library board reports for Barrhead County No. 11 alone: its libraries belong to a county or regional system, whose figures cover many towns.

ACivic life#29 of 474 in Alberta

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Civic life grade

What Barrhead County No. 11’s civic life grade weighs

With a A, Barrhead County No. 11 ranks #29 of 474 Alberta towns on civic life. A civic life grade needs two of its three inputs, and Barrhead County No. 11 has charities and volunteering, though not library visits.

Civic lifeA character grade: shown, never part of Barrhead County No. 11’s overall grade.

–Library visitsNo library board of its own B⁺Charities0 per 1,000 · Alberta towns 1.3 · Canada 1.4 AVolunteering37.1% of residents · all of Alberta, 2023

Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.

Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.

Places to belong

No registered charity gives a Barrhead County No. 11 mailing address

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.

Volunteering

37.1%

The whole province shares one estimate: 37.1% of people in Alberta volunteered formally in 2023 (between 35.1% and 39.2%), where the ten provinces run from 25.2% to 40.3%.

Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.

Nearest libraries

The closest is 8.6 km from Barrhead County No. 11

In order of distance from the centre of Barrhead County No. 11, as the crow flies.

8.6kmBarrhead Public LibraryBarrheadDirections →36kmRich Valley LibraryLac Ste. Anne CountyDirections →46kmMayerthorpe Public LibraryMayerthorpeDirections →48kmJarvie Public LibraryWestlock CountyDirections →55kmDarwell Public LibraryLac Ste. Anne CountyDirections →

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

Library locations. OpenStreetMap and Statistics Canada’s list of cultural facilities (2020), merged; school, college, hospital and private libraries are left out.

Questions about the library and civic life in Barrhead County No. 11

Does Barrhead County No. 11 have a public library?

No, but Barrhead Public Library in Barrhead is the nearest public library to Barrhead County No. 11.

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).