Beaver County has no public library of its own; the nearest is Hay Lakes Library, 31 km away

The next is Camrose Public Library (Camrose), 32 km away. No library board reports for Beaver County alone: its libraries belong to a county or regional system, whose figures cover many towns.

ACivic life#17 of 474 in Alberta

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Civic life grade

Behind Beaver County’s civic life grade

Beaver County gets a A for civic life, #17 of 474 towns graded in Alberta. A civic life grade needs two of its three inputs, and Beaver County has charities and volunteering, though not library visits.

Civic lifeA character grade: shown, never part of Beaver County’s overall grade.

–Library visitsNo library board of its own A⁻Charities0.2 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

One registered charity gives a Beaver County mailing address

That is 0.2 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.

Volunteering

37.1%

Formal volunteering is measured only for the province: 37.1% of Alberta’s people in 2023, give or take (35.1% to 39.2%), with the provinces between 25.2% and 40.3%.

Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.

Nearest libraries

The nearest library is 31 km from Beaver County

Closest first, each distance a straight line from the centre of Beaver County.

31kmHay Lakes LibraryCamrose CountyDirections →32kmCamrose Public LibraryCamroseDirections →41kmDavid Knipe Memorial LibraryCamrose CountyDirections →44kmVegreville Centennial LibraryVegrevilleDirections →52kmCalling Lake Public LibraryStrathcona 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 Beaver County

Does Beaver County have a public library?

There isn’t one in Beaver County; people there use libraries such as Hay Lakes Library, in Camrose County.

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).