Photo: Connorbrown22 · CC BY-SA 4.0High River has one public library, High River Library
High River Library serves 14,052 people from a single building. Its borrowers took out 7.7 items per person served in 2022. Alberta’s open library statistics stop at 2022, so these are its 2022 figures.
A−Civic life#37 of 474 in AlbertaBehind High River’s civic life grade
With a A−, High River ranks #37 of 474 Alberta towns on civic life. All three civic life inputs exist for High River: 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.
39 registered charities are based in High River, by mailing address
Per 1,000 residents that makes 2.5; 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%
Across Alberta, 37.1% of people volunteered through an organization in 2023, a provincial estimate with a likely range of 35.1% to 39.2%; the lowest province sits at 25.2% and the highest at 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
Ahead of most of Alberta’s town libraries on 2 of 3 measures
Each figure is per person served, set against 118 town libraries in Alberta’s statistics for 2022.
Town libraries only; regional systems left out.
About 163 visits a day
What High River Library counted in 2022, as the library reported it.
High River’s public library
Nearest first, measured in a straight line from the centre of High River.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. The map joins OpenStreetMap with Statistics Canada’s 2020 cultural facilities list and leaves out school, college and private libraries.
Questions about the library and civic life in High River
Does High River have a public library?
Yes: High River Library.
How busy is High River Library?
The 2022 totals: 59,579 in-person visits, 108,390 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).