HP Municipal Library logs 9.3 visits per person served, more than 94% of Alberta’s town libraries
A single building, HP Municipal Library, serves 2,564 people. Its borrowers took out 7.1 items per person served in 2022. The figures are for 2022, the latest year Alberta has published openly.
A−Civic life#40 of 474 in AlbertaHigh Prairie’s civic life grade, input by input
High Prairie gets a A− for civic life, #40 of 474 towns graded in Alberta. All three civic life inputs exist for High Prairie: 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.
High Prairie mailing addresses hold 24 registered charities
Per 1,000 residents that makes 9.2; the median is 1.3 for Alberta towns and 1.4 for Canada’s. 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%
For 2023, the provincial survey estimates that 37.1% of people in Alberta volunteered formally (likely 35.1% to 39.2%); among the ten provinces the rate goes from 25.2% to 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
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.
Town libraries only; regional systems left out.
About 65 visits a day
What HP Municipal Library counted in 2022, as the library reported it.
High Prairie’s public library
Sorted by straight-line distance from the centre of High Prairie.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Visits count everyone. Visitors and people from nearby towns are in the count too; how many live in High Prairie isn’t recorded.
Questions about the library and civic life in High Prairie
Does High Prairie have a public library?
Yes: HP Municipal Library.
How busy is HP Municipal Library?
It counted 23,750 in-person visits and lent 18,188 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).