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Libraries · Beaverlodge

Beaverlodge’s public library is Beaverlodge Public Library

A single building, Beaverlodge Public Library, serves 2,465 people. In 2022 it lent 10.7 items for every person it serves. The figures are for 2022, the latest year Alberta has published openly.

B+Civic lifeGraded on library visits, charities and volunteering
Visits a year
8,850
3.6 per person served
Borrowed a year
26,416
10.7 per person served
Cardholders
27%
670 cards
Libraries
1
Charities
13
5.3 per 1,000 residents
Civic life grade

Beaverlodge’s civic life grade, input by input

Beaverlodge’s civic life grade is B+. Beaverlodge has every input a civic life grade uses: library visits per resident, charities per 1,000 residents and the province’s volunteering rate.

B+
Civic lifeA character grade: shown, never part of Beaverlodge’s overall grade.

Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.

Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.

Places to belong

13 registered charities are based in Beaverlodge, by mailing address

That is 5.3 per 1,000 residents, against 1.3 in the typical Alberta town and 1.4 across Canada. Charities are placed by mailing address, which flatters service towns whose post office serves a region and undercounts suburbs and rural municipalities.

Volunteering

37.1%

Between 35.1% and 39.2% of people in Alberta volunteered formally in 2023, 37.1% at the estimate’s middle; that is one figure for the province, which ranges from 25.2% to 40.3% nationally.

Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.

How it compares

Ahead of most of Alberta’s town libraries on 2 of 3 measures

Each figure is per person served, set against 118 town libraries in Alberta’s statistics for 2022.

Visits per person served 3.6 visits · typical 3.6Lower than 51%
Loans per person served 10.7 items · typical 8.1Higher than 67%
Cardholders 27% of people served · typical 20%Higher than 76%
Fewer per personMore per person
Who is compared

Town libraries only; regional systems left out.

A year at the library

About 24 visits a day

Everything counted at Beaverlodge Public Library in 2022: visits, loans and cards.

8,850
in-person visits
3.6 per person served
26,416
items borrowed
10.7 per person served
670
cardholders
27% of people served
Every week170visits
Every day72items borrowed
2,465 people served
The libraries

Beaverlodge’s public library

Nearest first, measured in a straight line from the centre of Beaverlodge.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Library locations. The points are public libraries only, drawn from OpenStreetMap and from Statistics Canada’s list of cultural facilities (2020).

Questions about the library and civic life in Beaverlodge

Does Beaverlodge have a public library?

Yes: Beaverlodge Public Library.

How busy is Beaverlodge Public Library?

In 2022 it logged 8,850 in-person visits and 26,416 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).