Photo: Kmsiever · Public domainLethbridge’s public library works from 3 branches
Lethbridge Library serves 101,482 people. Its borrowers took out 10.1 items per person served in 2022. Alberta’s open library statistics stop at 2022, so these are its 2022 figures.
BCivic life#83 of 474 in AlbertaLethbridge’s civic life grade, input by input
Lethbridge gets a B for civic life, #83 of 474 towns graded in Alberta. Lethbridge has every input a civic life grade uses: library visits per resident, charities per 1,000 residents and the province’s volunteering rate.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
186 registered charities give a Lethbridge mailing address
It works out to 1.6 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%
In 2023, 37.1% of people in Alberta volunteered formally: one estimate for the whole province, likely between 35.1% and 39.2%, in a range of 25.2% to 40.3% across the ten provinces.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
Ahead of most of Alberta’s town libraries on 2 of 3 measures
Measured per person served against the 118 town libraries of Alberta’s 2022 statistics.
Town libraries only; regional systems left out.
About 905 visits a day
Everything counted at Lethbridge Library in 2022: visits, loans and cards.
Lethbridge’s 2 public libraries
Nearest first, measured in a straight line from the centre of Lethbridge.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. Two sources make the map, OpenStreetMap and a 2020 Statistics Canada list, with academic and private libraries dropped.
Questions about the library and civic life in Lethbridge
Does Lethbridge have a public library?
Yes, 2: Lethbridge Public Library - Crossings Branch and Lethbridge Public Library - Main Branch.
How busy is Lethbridge Library?
Over 2022: 1,028,124 items out on loan, 330,254 visits through the door.
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).