Photo: Unknown author Unknown author · Public domainCamrose has one public library, Camrose Public Library
A single building, Camrose Public Library, serves 18,742 people. 8.2 items per person served went out on loan in 2022. 2022 is the latest year in Alberta’s open library statistics, so the figures date from then.
A−Civic life#45 of 474 in AlbertaCamrose’s civic life grade, input by input
Camrose gets a A− for civic life, #45 of 474 towns graded in Alberta. A civic life grade combines library visits per resident, registered charities per 1,000 residents and the province’s volunteering rate, and all three exist for Camrose.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
67 registered charities give a Camrose mailing address
That is 3.2 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.
37.1%
37.1% of people in Alberta did formal volunteering in 2023, a province-wide estimate between 35.1% and 39.2%; across the ten provinces the rate runs from 25.2% to 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
Ahead of most of Alberta’s town libraries on 1 of 3 measures
Measured per person served against the 118 town libraries of Alberta’s 2022 statistics.
Town libraries only; regional systems left out.
Some 176 visits on an average day
What Camrose Public Library counted in 2022, as the library reported it.
Camrose’s public library
Closest first, each distance a straight line from the centre of Camrose.
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 Camrose
Does Camrose have a public library?
Yes: Camrose Public Library.
How busy is Camrose Public Library?
People made 64,373 visits in person and borrowed 153,875 items in 2022.
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).