Photo: Andrawaag · CC BY-SA 4.0Kinuso Library lends 0.6 items per person served, fewer than all but a few of Alberta’s town libraries
Kinuso Library serves 4,103 people from a single building. In 2022 it logged 0.3 visits for every person it serves. The figures are for 2022, the latest year Alberta has published openly.
B−Civic life#456 of 474 in AlbertaBig Lakes County’s civic life grade, input by input
Big Lakes County gets a B− for civic life, #456 of 474 towns graded in Alberta. All three civic life inputs exist for Big Lakes County: 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.
2 registered charities give a Big Lakes County mailing address
That is 0.4 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%
Across Alberta, 37.1% of people volunteered through an organization in 2023, a provincial estimate with a likely range of 35.1% to 39.2%; the lowest province sits at 25.2% and the highest at 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
Behind 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.
About 3 visits a day
The year 2022 at Kinuso Library, in the library’s own counts.
Big Lakes County’s public library
Nearest first, measured in a straight line from the centre of Big Lakes County.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Per person served. The library sets its own service population, and the rates here divide by it rather than by Big Lakes County’s census count.
Questions about the library and civic life in Big Lakes County
Does Big Lakes County have a public library?
Yes: Kinuso Library.
How busy is Kinuso Library?
In 2022 it logged 1,200 in-person visits and 2,506 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).