Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainOlds Municipal Library and Newbrook Public Library are Olds’s two public libraries
From 2 branches, Parkland Regional Library system serves 9,184 people. In 2022 it lent 10 items for every person it serves. 2022 is the latest year in Alberta’s open library statistics, so the figures date from then.
BCivic life#85 of 474 in AlbertaBehind Olds’s civic life grade
With a B, Olds ranks #85 of 474 Alberta towns on civic life. Olds 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.
37 registered charities are based in Olds, by mailing address
It works out to 3.8 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%
One figure covers all of Alberta: in 2023, 37.1% of its people gave time to an organization (between 35.1% and 39.2%), against a provincial range of 25.2% to 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
Ahead of most of Alberta’s town libraries on all 3 measures
Measured per person served against the 118 town libraries of Alberta’s 2022 statistics.
Town libraries only; regional systems left out.
About 97 visits a day
Everything counted at Parkland Regional Library system in 2022: visits, loans and cards.
2 public libraries in Olds
Closest first, each distance a straight line from the centre of Olds.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. Statistics Canada’s 2020 facilities list and OpenStreetMap supply the points; libraries of schools, colleges and hospitals are not shown.
Questions about the library and civic life in Olds
Does Olds have a public library?
Yes, 2: Olds Municipal Library and Newbrook Public Library.
How busy is Parkland Regional Library system?
The 2022 totals: 35,376 in-person visits, 91,937 loans.
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).