Photo: dave_7 from Lethbridge, Canada · CC BY 2.0More loans per person served than 90% of Alberta’s town libraries: Coaldale Public Library lends 14.1
A single building, Coaldale Public Library, serves 8,691 people. It counted 7.7 in-person visits per person served in 2022. The figures are for 2022, the latest year Alberta has published openly.
A−Civic life#51 of 474 in AlbertaBehind Coaldale’s civic life grade
With a A−, Coaldale ranks #51 of 474 Alberta towns on civic life. All three civic life inputs exist for Coaldale: 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.
21 registered charities are based in Coaldale, by mailing address
That is 2.2 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%
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 2 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 183 visits on an average day
What Coaldale Public Library counted in 2022, as the library reported it.
Coaldale’s public library
Nearest first, measured in a straight line from the centre of Coaldale.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Visits count everyone. A busy library may owe some of its visits to people who live outside Coaldale; the figure can’t tell them apart.
Questions about the library and civic life in Coaldale
Does Coaldale have a public library?
Yes: Coaldale Public Library.
How busy is Coaldale Public Library?
In 2022 it logged 66,915 in-person visits and 122,911 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).