Photo: Ken Eckert · CC BY-SA 4.0Rimbey Municipal Library logs 0.2 visits per person served, fewer than 98% of Alberta’s town libraries
A single building, Rimbey Municipal Library, serves 1,078 people. In 2022 it lent 14.2 items for every person it serves. 2022 is the latest year in Alberta’s open library statistics, so the figures date from then.
B−Civic lifeGraded on library visits, charities and volunteeringBehind Bentley’s civic life grade
Bentley gets a B− for civic life. All three civic life inputs exist for Bentley: library visits per resident, charities per 1,000 residents and the provincial volunteering rate.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
Bentley mailing addresses hold 7 registered charities
It works out to 6.1 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%
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.
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 1 visits a day
Everything counted at Rimbey Municipal Library in 2022: visits, loans and cards.
Bentley’s public library
Closest first, each distance a straight line from the centre of Bentley.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. Locations merge two sources, OpenStreetMap and Statistics Canada’s 2020 list, without school, college or hospital libraries.
Questions about the library and civic life in Bentley
Does Bentley have a public library?
Yes: Rimbey Municipal Library.
How busy is Rimbey Municipal Library?
Over 2022: 15,292 items out on loan, 256 visits through the door.
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).