Duchess & District Public Library draws 2.4 visits per person served, behind 76% of Alberta’s town libraries
Duchess & District Public Library has one location for the 1,085 people it serves. Its borrowers took out 10.2 items per person served in 2022. The figures are for 2022, the latest year Alberta has published openly.
BCivic lifeGraded on library visits, charities and volunteeringWhat Duchess’s civic life grade weighs
Duchess gets a B for 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 Duchess.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
Duchess mailing addresses hold 7 registered charities
That is 6.7 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 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.
About 7 visits a day
The year 2022 at Duchess & District Public Library, in the library’s own counts.
Duchess’s public library
Nearest first, measured in a straight line from the centre of Duchess.
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 Duchess
Does Duchess have a public library?
Yes: Duchess & District Public Library.
How busy is Duchess & District Public Library?
For 2022 it reported 11,105 loans and 2,603 in-person visits.
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).