The nearest public library to Black Diamond is Millarville Community Library, 10 km away

After it comes Okotoks Public Library (Okotoks), 19 km away. Its libraries report as part of a wider system, so there are no figures for Black Diamond in particular.

B⁻Civic life#434 of 474 in Alberta

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Civic life grade

What Black Diamond’s civic life grade weighs

With a B−, Black Diamond ranks #434 of 474 Alberta towns on civic life. A civic life grade needs two of its three inputs, and Black Diamond has charities and volunteering, though not library visits.

B⁻

Civic lifeA character grade: shown, never part of Black Diamond’s overall grade.

–Library visitsNo library board of its own C⁻Charities2.4 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

Black Diamond mailing addresses hold 7 registered charities

It works out to 2.4 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.

Volunteering

37.1%

Volunteering here is a provincial number: 37.1% of people across Alberta in 2023, likely 35.1% to 39.2%, set in a ten-province range of 25.2% to 40.3%.

Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.

Nearest libraries

The closest is 10 km from Black Diamond

In order of distance from the centre of Black Diamond, as the crow flies.

10kmMillarville Community LibraryFoothills CountyDirections →19kmOkotoks Public LibraryOkotoksDirections →26kmCalgary Public Library - ShawnessyShawnessyWebsite →28kmHigh River LibraryHigh RiverDirections →29kmSeton Calgary Public LibraryMahoganyDirections →

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

Library locations. Only public libraries are mapped: OpenStreetMap and Statistics Canada’s 2020 list, with school and university libraries removed.

Questions about the library and civic life in Black Diamond

Does Black Diamond have a public library?

Not in Black Diamond: the nearest public library is Millarville Community Library, in Foothills 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).