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Each person High Level Town Hall and Library serves borrows 3.6 items, fewer than at 83% of Alberta’s town libraries

A single building, High Level Town Hall and Library, serves 3,992 people. 4.8 visits per person served came through its doors in 2022. 2022 is the latest year in Alberta’s open library statistics, so the figures date from then.

A−Civic life#56 of 474 in Alberta
Visits a year
19,020
4.8 per person served
Borrowed a year
14,415
3.6 per person served
Cardholders
23%
926 cards
Libraries
1
Charities
14
3.2 per 1,000 residents
Civic life grade

Behind High Level’s civic life grade

With a A−, High Level ranks #56 of 474 Alberta towns on civic life. All three civic life inputs exist for High Level: library visits per resident, charities per 1,000 residents and the provincial volunteering rate.

A−
Civic lifeA character grade: shown, never part of High Level’s overall grade.

Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.

Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.

Places to belong

14 registered charities give a High Level mailing address

It works out to 3.2 per 1,000 residents, where the typical Alberta town has 1.3 and Canada’s 1.4. 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.

Volunteering

37.1%

Volunteering here is a provincial number: 37.1% of people across Alberta in 2023, likely 35.1% to 39.2%, set in a ten-province range of 25.2% to 40.3%.

Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.

How it compares

Ahead of most of Alberta’s town libraries on 2 of 3 measures

Per person served, against the 118 town libraries in Alberta’s 2022 statistics.

Visits per person served 4.8 visits · typical 3.6Higher than 65%
Loans per person served 3.6 items · typical 8.1Lower than 83%
Cardholders 23% of people served · typical 20%Higher than 66%
Fewer per personMore per person
Who is compared

Town libraries only; regional systems left out.

A year at the library

About 52 visits a day

The year 2022 at High Level Town Hall and Library, in the library’s own counts.

19,020
in-person visits
4.8 per person served
14,415
items borrowed
3.6 per person served
926
cardholders
23% of people served
Every week366visits
Every day39items borrowed
3,992 people served
The libraries

High Level’s public library

In order of distance from the centre of High Level, as the crow flies.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Library locations. A library listed by both OpenStreetMap and Statistics Canada appears once; campus, school and private ones are left off.

Questions about the library and civic life in High Level

Does High Level have a public library?

Yes: High Level Town Hall and Library.

How busy is High Level Town Hall and Library?

In 2022 it logged 19,020 in-person visits and 14,415 loans.

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).