No public library stands in Paintearth County No. 18: the closest, Veteran Municipal Library, is 49 km away

After it comes Hardisty Public Library (Flagstaff County), 51 km away. Its libraries report as part of a wider system, so there are no figures for Paintearth County No. 18 in particular.

ACivic lifeGraded on library visits, charities and volunteering

Directions Nearest libraries

Civic life grade

What Paintearth County No. 18’s civic life grade weighs

Paintearth County No. 18’s civic life grade is A. Two of the three civic life inputs exist for Paintearth County No. 18, enough for a grade: charities and volunteering, but not library visits.

Civic lifeA character grade: shown, never part of Paintearth County No. 18’s overall grade.

–Library visitsNo library board of its own ACharities0 per 1,000 · Alberta towns 1.3 · Canada 1.4 AVolunteering37.1% of residents · all of Alberta, 2023

Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.

Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.

Places to belong

No registered charity gives a Paintearth County No. 18 mailing address

Counting by mailing address favors a service town, where the surrounding area’s charities get their mail, over the suburbs and countryside around it.

Volunteering

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.

Nearest libraries

The nearest library is 49 km from Paintearth County No. 18

Sorted by straight-line distance from the centre of Paintearth County No. 18.

49kmVeteran Municipal LibrarySpecial Area No. 4Directions →51kmHardisty Public LibraryFlagstaff CountyWebsite →55kmHughenden Public LibraryProvost No. 52Directions →57kmHeisler Municipal LibraryFlagstaff CountyDirections →

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

Library locations. The points are public libraries only, drawn from OpenStreetMap and from Statistics Canada’s list of cultural facilities (2020).

Questions about the library and civic life in Paintearth County No. 18

Does Paintearth County No. 18 have a public library?

The map shows none in Paintearth County No. 18; Veteran Municipal Library, in Special Area No. 4, is the closest.

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).