Photo: Wolfmum · CC BY-SA 4.0Fewer visits per person served than 78% of Alberta’s town libraries: Cold Lake Library counts 2.2
The 14,961 people Cold Lake Library serves have 2 branches to choose from. In 2022 it lent 6.6 items for every person it serves. The figures are for 2022, the latest year Alberta has published openly.
BCivic life#82 of 474 in AlbertaWhat Cold Lake’s civic life grade weighs
With a B, Cold Lake ranks #82 of 474 Alberta towns on civic life. 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 Cold Lake.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
36 registered charities give a Cold Lake mailing address
It works out to 2 per 1,000 residents, where the typical Alberta town has 1.3 and Canada’s 1.4. The CRA files each charity under its mailing address, so a service town collects its region’s charities and a suburb or rural municipality few.
37.1%
No town-level count exists, so the page uses Alberta as a whole: 37.1% volunteered formally in 2023, between 35.1% and 39.2%, while the provinces span 25.2% to 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
Behind most of Alberta’s town libraries on all 3 measures
Measured per person served against the 118 town libraries of Alberta’s 2022 statistics.
Town libraries only; regional systems left out.
About 90 visits a day
The year 2022 at Cold Lake Library, in the library’s own counts.
Cold Lake’s 2 public libraries
In order of distance from the centre of Cold Lake, as the crow flies.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Per person served. Rather than Cold Lake’s census count, the rates use the population the library board says it serves.
Questions about the library and civic life in Cold Lake
Does Cold Lake have a public library?
Yes, 2: Cold Lake Public Library - Grand Centre Branch and Cold Lake Public Library - Harbour View Branch.
How busy is Cold Lake Library?
The 2022 totals: 32,827 in-person visits, 98,879 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).