Photo: Qyd · CC BY-SA 3.0At 8.4 visits per person served, Edson Public Library is busier than 91% of Alberta’s town libraries
Edson Public Library has one location for the 8,414 people it serves. In 2022 it lent 7.1 items for every person it serves. 2022 is the latest year in Alberta’s open library statistics, so the figures date from then.
ACivic life#27 of 474 in AlbertaEdson’s civic life grade, input by input
Civic life in Edson grades A: #27 of the 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 Edson.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
33 registered charities are based in Edson, by mailing address
It works out to 3.8 per 1,000 residents, where the typical Alberta town has 1.3 and Canada’s 1.4. 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%
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 195 visits a day
Everything counted at Edson Public Library in 2022: visits, loans and cards.
Edson’s public library
Nearest first, measured in a straight line from the centre of Edson.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Visits count everyone. Anyone through the door counts as a visit, from Edson or not, and the statistics have no resident share.
Questions about the library and civic life in Edson
Does Edson have a public library?
Yes: Edson Public Library.
How busy is Edson Public Library?
71,043 in-person visits and 60,000 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).