Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 4.0Pincher Creek Library is Pincher Creek’s public library
The library is 0.5 km from the centre of Pincher Creek. No library board reports for Pincher Creek alone: its libraries belong to a county or regional system, whose figures cover many towns.
ACivic life#14 of 474 in AlbertaPincher Creek’s civic life grade, input by input
With a A, Pincher Creek ranks #14 of 474 Alberta towns on civic life. Two of the three civic life inputs exist for Pincher Creek, enough for a grade: charities and volunteering, but not library visits.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
35 registered charities are based in Pincher Creek, by mailing address
It works out to 9 per 1,000 residents, where the typical Alberta town has 1.3 and Canada’s 1.4. 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%
Volunteering here is a provincial number: 37.1% of people across Alberta in 2023, likely 35.1% to 39.2%, set in a ten-province range of 25.2% to 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
Pincher Creek’s public library
In order of distance from the centre of Pincher Creek, as the crow flies.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. Locations merge two sources, OpenStreetMap and Statistics Canada’s 2020 list, without school, college or hospital libraries.
Questions about the library and civic life in Pincher Creek
Does Pincher Creek have a public library?
Yes: Pincher Creek Library.
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).