Photo: Oceanflynn · CC BY-SA 4.0At 12.7 loans per person served, Health Sciences Library lends more than 82% of Alberta’s town libraries
West Hillhurst is served by Health Sciences Library, the library of all of Calgary, so the figures here are the city’s, for 1,285,711 people. It counted 3.8 in-person visits per person served in 2022. The figures are for 2022, the latest year Alberta has published openly.
BCivic life#85 of 474 in AlbertaWest Hillhurst’s civic life grade, input by input
With a B, West Hillhurst ranks #85 of 474 Alberta towns on civic life. All three civic life inputs exist for West Hillhurst: 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.
1,993 registered charities give a Calgary mailing address
There is no count for West Hillhurst on its own: the charities are those of all of Calgary. That is 1.2 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.
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.
Ahead of most of Alberta’s town libraries on all 3 measures
Each figure is per person served, set against 118 town libraries in Alberta’s statistics for 2022.
Town libraries only; regional systems left out.
Some 13,450 visits on an average day
The year 2022 at Health Sciences Library, in the library’s own counts.
West Hillhurst’s public library
Nearest first, measured in a straight line from the centre of West Hillhurst.
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 West Hillhurst
Does West Hillhurst have a public library?
Yes: Health Sciences Library.
How busy is Health Sciences Library?
The 2022 totals: 4,909,275 in-person visits, 16,347,892 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).