Photo: daisy leggett · CC BY 2.0No public library stands in Forty Mile County No. 8: the closest, Picture Butte Municipal Library, is 24 km away
After it comes Grassy Lake Public Library (Taber), 24 km away. No library board reports for Forty Mile County No. 8 alone: its libraries belong to a county or regional system, whose figures cover many towns.
BCivic life#81 of 474 in AlbertaForty Mile County No. 8’s civic life grade, input by input
Forty Mile County No. 8 gets a B for civic life, #81 of 474 towns graded in Alberta. Forty Mile County No. 8 has charities and volunteering for a civic life grade, though not library visits, and two of the three are enough.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
3 registered charities give a Forty Mile County No. 8 mailing address
Per 1,000 residents that makes 0.8; the median is 1.3 for Alberta towns and 1.4 for Canada’s. 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%
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.
The closest is 24 km from Forty Mile County No. 8
Sorted by straight-line distance from the centre of Forty Mile County No. 8.
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 Forty Mile County No. 8
Does Forty Mile County No. 8 have a public library?
No library is mapped inside Forty Mile County No. 8, and the nearest one is Picture Butte Municipal Library in Taber.
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).