Photo: JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ MD · CC BY-SA 3.0Fewer loans per person served than 95% of Alberta’s town libraries: Lac Ste Anne County Library lends 1.2
Lac Ste Anne County Library serves 10,899 people from 3 branches. 0.6 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.
CCivic lifeGraded on library visits, charities and volunteeringBehind Lac Ste. Anne County’s civic life grade
Lac Ste. Anne County’s civic life grade is C. All three civic life inputs exist for Lac Ste. Anne County: 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.
5 registered charities give a Lac Ste. Anne County mailing address
It works out to 0.4 per 1,000 residents, where the typical Alberta town has 1.3 and Canada’s 1.4. 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%
37.1% of people in Alberta did formal volunteering in 2023, a province-wide estimate between 35.1% and 39.2%; across the ten provinces the rate runs from 25.2% to 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
Behind most of Alberta’s town libraries on all 3 measures
Per person served, against the 118 town libraries in Alberta’s 2022 statistics.
Town libraries only; regional systems left out.
About 19 visits a day
Everything counted at Lac Ste Anne County Library in 2022: visits, loans and cards.
3 public libraries in Lac Ste. Anne County
Closest first, each distance a straight line from the centre of Lac Ste. Anne County.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. Locations merge two sources, OpenStreetMap and Statistics Canada’s 2020 list, without school, college or hospital libraries.
Questions about the library and civic life in Lac Ste. Anne County
Does Lac Ste. Anne County have a public library?
Yes, 3: Darwell Public Library, Neerlandia Public Library and Rich Valley Library.
How busy is Lac Ste Anne County Library?
6,871 in-person visits and 13,110 items borrowed 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).