More loans per person served than 77% of Alberta’s town libraries: Eckville Municipal Library lends 12
A single building, Eckville Municipal Library, serves 1,163 people. 5.1 visits per person served came through its doors in 2022. The figures are for 2022, the latest year Alberta has published openly.
A−Civic lifeGraded on library visits, charities and volunteeringBehind Eckville’s civic life grade
Eckville gets a A− for civic life. Eckville has every input a civic life grade uses: library visits per resident, charities per 1,000 residents and the province’s volunteering rate.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
8 registered charities give a Eckville mailing address
That is 7.4 per 1,000 residents, against 1.3 in the typical Alberta town and 1.4 across Canada. 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%
Across Alberta, 37.1% of people volunteered through an organization in 2023, a provincial estimate with a likely range of 35.1% to 39.2%; the lowest province sits at 25.2% and the highest at 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
Ahead of most of Alberta’s town libraries on all 3 measures
Each figure is per person served, set against 118 town libraries in Alberta’s statistics for 2022.
Town libraries only; regional systems left out.
About 16 visits a day
Everything counted at Eckville Municipal Library in 2022: visits, loans and cards.
Eckville’s public library
Nearest first, measured in a straight line from the centre of Eckville.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Visits count everyone. A library’s visits include people from neighbouring towns and visitors; the statistics don’t say how many come from Eckville itself.
Questions about the library and civic life in Eckville
Does Eckville have a public library?
Yes: Eckville Municipal Library.
How busy is Eckville Municipal Library?
Over 2022: 13,945 items out on loan, 5,944 visits through the door.
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).