Photo: Rural Health Professions Action Plan from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada · CC BY 2.0Elk Point has two public libraries, Eaglesham Public Library and Elk Point Municipal Library
The 1,452 people Elk Point Library serves have 2 branches to choose from. In 2022 it lent 7.9 items for every person it serves. The figures are for 2022, the latest year Alberta has published openly.
A−Civic lifeGraded on library visits, charities and volunteeringWhat Elk Point’s civic life grade weighs
Civic life in Elk Point grades A−. 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 Elk Point.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
Elk Point mailing addresses hold 11 registered charities
Per 1,000 residents that makes 7.4; 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%
No town-level count exists, so the page uses Alberta as a whole: 37.1% volunteered formally in 2023, between 35.1% and 39.2%, while the provinces span 25.2% to 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
Ahead of most of Alberta’s town libraries on 1 of 3 measures
Per person served, against the 118 town libraries in Alberta’s 2022 statistics.
Town libraries only; regional systems left out.
About 12 visits a day
Everything counted at Elk Point Library in 2022: visits, loans and cards.
Elk Point’s 2 public libraries
In order of distance from the centre of Elk Point, as the crow flies.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. Only public libraries are mapped: OpenStreetMap and Statistics Canada’s 2020 list, with school and university libraries removed.
Questions about the library and civic life in Elk Point
Does Elk Point have a public library?
Yes, 2: Eaglesham Public Library and Elk Point Municipal Library.
How busy is Elk Point Library?
People made 4,558 visits in person and borrowed 11,420 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).