The nearest public library to Coalhurst is Lethbridge Public Library - Crossings Branch, 7.6 km away

After it comes Lethbridge Public Library - Main Branch (Lethbridge), 8.6 km away. Its libraries report as part of a wider system, so there are no figures for Coalhurst in particular.

B⁺Civic life#71 of 474 in Alberta

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Civic life grade

What Coalhurst’s civic life grade weighs

With a B+, Coalhurst ranks #71 of 474 Alberta towns on civic life. A civic life grade needs two of its three inputs, and Coalhurst has charities and volunteering, though not library visits.

B⁺

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

–Library visitsNo library board of its own C⁺Charities0.9 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

Coalhurst mailing addresses hold 3 registered charities

Per 1,000 residents that makes 0.9; the median is 1.3 for Alberta towns and 1.4 for Canada’s. 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%

The 2023 survey gives Alberta one volunteering rate for all its towns, 37.1% (between 35.1% and 39.2%), while provinces run from 25.2% at the low end to 40.3%.

Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.

Nearest libraries

The closest is 7.6 km from Coalhurst

Sorted by straight-line distance from the centre of Coalhurst.

7.6kmLethbridge Public Library - Crossings BranchLethbridgeDirections →8.6kmLethbridge Public Library - Main BranchLethbridgeDirections →22kmCoaldale Public LibraryCoaldaleDirections →36kmMagrath Public LibraryMagrathDirections →37kmRaymond Public LibraryRaymondDirections →

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

Library locations. Two sources make the map, OpenStreetMap and a 2020 Statistics Canada list, with academic and private libraries dropped.

Questions about the library and civic life in Coalhurst

Does Coalhurst have a public library?

No library is mapped inside Coalhurst, and the nearest one is Lethbridge Public Library - Crossings Branch in Lethbridge.

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).