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Libraries · Piikani 147

Piikani 147 has no public library of its own; the nearest is Pincher Creek Library, 16 km away

The next is Glenwood Municipal Library (Cardston County), 26 km away. Its libraries report as part of a wider system, so there are no figures for Piikani 147 in particular.

C⁺Civic lifeGraded on library visits, charities and volunteering

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Civic life grade

Piikani 147’s civic life grade, input by input

Piikani 147’s civic life grade is C+. A civic life grade needs two of its three inputs, and Piikani 147 has charities and volunteering, though not library visits.

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Civic lifeA character grade: shown, never part of Piikani 147’s overall grade.

–Library visitsNo library board of its own D⁻Charities0.7 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

One registered charity gives a Piikani 147 mailing address

That is 0.7 per 1,000 residents, against 1.3 in the typical Alberta town and 1.4 across Canada. The CRA files each charity under its mailing address, so a service town collects its region’s charities and a suburb or rural municipality few.

Volunteering

37.1%

The whole province shares one estimate: 37.1% of people in Alberta volunteered formally in 2023 (between 35.1% and 39.2%), where the ten provinces run from 25.2% to 40.3%.

Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.

Nearest libraries

The closest is 16 km from Piikani 147

In order of distance from the centre of Piikani 147, as the crow flies.

16kmPincher Creek LibraryPincher CreekDirections →26kmGlenwood Municipal LibraryCardston CountyDirections →50kmJim & Mary Kearl Library of CardstonCardstonWebsite →51kmCrowsnest Pass Municipal LibraryCrowsnest PassDirections →54kmClaresholm Public LibraryClaresholmDirections →

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

Library locations. Only public libraries are mapped: OpenStreetMap and Statistics Canada’s 2020 list, with school and university libraries removed.

Questions about the library and civic life in Piikani 147

Does Piikani 147 have a public library?

Not in Piikani 147: the nearest public library is Pincher Creek Library, in Pincher Creek.

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).