Photo: Johntwrl · Public domainCapilano has no public library of its own; the nearest is Edmonton Public Library, Capilano, 1.4 km away
The library figures on this page are Edmonton’s: Edmonton Library serves all 972,223 people of the city, Capilano among them. In 2022 it lent 8.8 items for every person it serves. 2022 is the latest year in Alberta’s open library statistics, so the figures date from then.
BCivic life#237 of 474 in AlbertaWhat Capilano’s civic life grade weighs
With a B, Capilano ranks #237 of 474 Alberta towns on civic life. All three civic life inputs exist for Capilano: library visits per resident, charities per 1,000 residents and the provincial volunteering rate.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
1,638 registered charities are based in Edmonton, by mailing address
There is no count for Capilano on its own: the charities are those of all of Edmonton. That is 1.3 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%
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 1.4 km from Capilano
Sorted by straight-line distance from the centre of Capilano.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. Two sources make the map, OpenStreetMap and a 2020 Statistics Canada list, with academic and private libraries dropped.
Questions about the library and civic life in Capilano
Does Capilano have a public library?
Not within Capilano itself: the closest is Edmonton Public Library, Capilano, in Ottewell.
How busy is Edmonton Library?
People made 3,479,257 visits in person and borrowed 8,578,865 items in 2022.
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).