Elsinore has no public library of its own; the nearest is EPL Castle Downs Branch, 2.9 km away
Elsinore is served by Edmonton Library, the library of all of Edmonton, so the figures here are the city’s, for 972,223 people. Its borrowers took out 8.8 items per person served in 2022. 2022 is the latest year in Alberta’s open library statistics, so the figures date from then.
BCivic life#237 of 474 in AlbertaBehind Elsinore’s civic life grade
Elsinore gets a B for civic life, #237 of 474 towns graded in Alberta. All three civic life inputs exist for Elsinore: 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 give a Edmonton mailing address
There is no count for Elsinore 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. Counting by mailing address favors a service town, where the surrounding area’s charities get their mail, over the suburbs and countryside around it.
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.
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
The year 2022 at Edmonton Library, in the library’s own counts.
The nearest library is 2.9 km from Elsinore
Sorted by straight-line distance from the centre of Elsinore.
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 Elsinore
Does Elsinore have a public library?
Elsinore has none mapped; the closest public library is EPL Castle Downs Branch, in Beaumaris.
How busy is Edmonton Library?
3,479,257 in-person visits and 8,578,865 items borrowed 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).