Photo: R. Sieben · CC BY 3.0At 3.5 loans per person served, Irricana Library lends less than 84% of Alberta’s town libraries
Irricana Library serves 1,216 people from a single building. 5.3 visits per person served came through its doors in 2022. The figures are for 2022, the latest year Alberta has published openly.
B+Civic lifeGraded on library visits, charities and volunteeringWhat Irricana’s civic life grade weighs
Civic life in Irricana grades B+. 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 Irricana.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
6 registered charities are based in Irricana, by mailing address
It works out to 4.8 per 1,000 residents, where the typical Alberta town has 1.3 and Canada’s 1.4. 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 18 visits a day
What Irricana Library counted in 2022, as the library reported it.
The nearest library is 8.6 km from Irricana
Nearest first, measured in a straight line from the centre of Irricana.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Visits count everyone. Anyone through the door counts as a visit, from Irricana or not, and the statistics have no resident share.
Questions about the library and civic life in Irricana
Does Irricana have a public library?
Irricana has none mapped; the closest public library is Beiseker Municipal Library, in Rocky View County.
How busy is Irricana Library?
People made 6,482 visits in person and borrowed 4,274 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).