Photo: Cszmurlo · CC BY 2.5Each person Magrath Public Library serves borrows 16 items, more than at 93% of Alberta’s town libraries
A single building, Magrath Public Library, serves 2,435 people. Visits ran to 4 per person served in 2022. The figures are for 2022, the latest year Alberta has published openly.
A−Civic life#37 of 474 in AlbertaWhat Magrath’s civic life grade weighs
With a A−, Magrath ranks #37 of 474 Alberta towns on civic life. All three civic life inputs exist for Magrath: 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.
4 registered charities are based in Magrath, by mailing address
That is 1.6 per 1,000 residents, against 1.3 in the typical Alberta town and 1.4 across Canada. 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%
The 2023 survey gives Alberta one volunteering rate for all its towns, 37.1% (between 35.1% and 39.2%), while provinces run from 25.2% at the low end to 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
Ahead of most of Alberta’s town libraries on all 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.
Some 27 visits on an average day
What Magrath Public Library counted in 2022, as the library reported it.
Magrath’s public library
Sorted by straight-line distance from the centre of Magrath.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. Public library locations are taken from OpenStreetMap and a 2020 Statistics Canada inventory, merged where both list one place.
Questions about the library and civic life in Magrath
Does Magrath have a public library?
Yes: Magrath Public Library.
How busy is Magrath Public Library?
People made 9,802 visits in person and borrowed 38,999 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).