Photo: Eric Friedebach · CC BY 3.0At 1.5 loans per person served, Graham Community Library lends less than 89% of Alberta’s town libraries
The 7,662 people Graham Community Library serves have 2 branches to choose from. In 2022 it logged 1.2 visits for every person it serves. Alberta’s open library statistics stop at 2022, so these are its 2022 figures.
C+Civic life#468 of 474 in AlbertaCypress County’s civic life grade, input by input
Cypress County gets a C+ for civic life, #468 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 Cypress County.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
Cypress County mailing addresses hold 3 registered charities
Per 1,000 residents that makes 0.4; the median is 1.3 for Alberta towns and 1.4 for Canada’s. 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%
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.
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 25 visits a day
What Graham Community Library counted in 2022, as the library reported it.
Cypress County’s public library
Sorted by straight-line distance from the centre of Cypress County.
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 Cypress County
Does Cypress County have a public library?
Yes: Graham Community Library.
How busy is Graham Community Library?
The 2022 totals: 9,120 in-person visits, 11,868 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).