Photo: Wilson Hui from Calgary, Canada · CC BY 2.0Mayerthorpe Public Library draws 6.1 visits per person served, ahead of 80% of Alberta’s town libraries
Mayerthorpe Public Library has one location for the 1,320 people it serves. 9.8 items per person served went out on loan in 2022. The figures are for 2022, the latest year Alberta has published openly.
ACivic lifeGraded on library visits, charities and volunteeringBehind Mayerthorpe’s civic life grade
Mayerthorpe’s civic life grade is A. 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 Mayerthorpe.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
11 registered charities are based in Mayerthorpe, by mailing address
It works out to 7.8 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%
Statistics Canada puts formal volunteering in Alberta at 37.1% in 2023, somewhere between 35.1% and 39.2%, for every town in the province alike; provinces range from 25.2% 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 22 visits on an average day
Everything counted at Mayerthorpe Public Library in 2022: visits, loans and cards.
Mayerthorpe’s public library
Sorted by straight-line distance from the centre of Mayerthorpe.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Visits count everyone. A library’s visits include people from neighbouring towns and visitors; the statistics don’t say how many come from Mayerthorpe itself.
Questions about the library and civic life in Mayerthorpe
Does Mayerthorpe have a public library?
Yes: Mayerthorpe Public Library.
How busy is Mayerthorpe Public Library?
For 2022 it reported 12,884 loans and 8,057 in-person visits.
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).