Canora has no public library of its own; the nearest is Edmonton Public Library Woodcroft (Westmount) Branch, 2.7 km away
Edmonton Library serves the whole of Edmonton, so the library figures on this page are the city’s: 972,223 people, Canora among them. In 2022 it lent 8.8 items for every person it serves. The figures are for 2022, the latest year Alberta has published openly.
BCivic life#237 of 474 in AlbertaBehind Canora’s civic life grade
Canora gets a B for civic life, #237 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 Canora.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
Edmonton mailing addresses hold 1,638 registered charities
There is no count for Canora on its own: the charities are those of all of Edmonton. Per 1,000 residents that makes 1.3; 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.
37.1%
For 2023, the provincial survey estimates that 37.1% of people in Alberta volunteered formally (likely 35.1% to 39.2%); among the ten provinces the rate goes from 25.2% to 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
Ahead of most of Alberta’s town libraries on 2 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 9,532 visits a day
Everything counted at Edmonton Library in 2022: visits, loans and cards.
The nearest library is 2.7 km from Canora
Sorted by straight-line distance from the centre of Canora.
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 Canora
Does Canora have a public library?
The map shows none in Canora; Edmonton Public Library Woodcroft (Westmount) Branch, in Woodcroft, is the closest.
How busy is Edmonton Library?
Over 2022: 8,578,865 items out on loan, 3,479,257 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).