Photo: Tracklan2 · CC0At 32 loans per person served, Picture Butte Library lends more than all but a few of Alberta’s town libraries
Picture Butte Library has one location for the 1,810 people it serves. In 2022 it logged 2.8 visits for every person it serves. Alberta’s open library statistics stop at 2022, so these are its 2022 figures.
BCivic lifeGraded on library visits, charities and volunteeringBehind Picture Butte’s civic life grade
Picture Butte’s civic life grade is B. Picture Butte 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.
12 registered charities give a Picture Butte mailing address
That is 5 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%
For 2023, the provincial survey estimates that 37.1% of people in Alberta volunteered formally (likely 35.1% to 39.2%); among the ten provinces the rate goes from 25.2% to 40.3%.
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 14 visits a day
The year 2022 at Picture Butte Library, in the library’s own counts.
The nearest library is 20 km from Picture Butte
Sorted by straight-line distance from the centre of Picture Butte.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Per person served. Rather than Picture Butte’s census count, the rates use the population the library board says it serves.
Questions about the library and civic life in Picture Butte
Does Picture Butte have a public library?
The map shows none in Picture Butte; Coaldale Public Library, in Coaldale, is the closest.
How busy is Picture Butte Library?
People made 5,000 visits in person and borrowed 57,884 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).