Photo: Jason Woodhead · CC BY 2.0Provost Library draws 2.1 visits per person served, behind 82% of Alberta’s town libraries
Provost Library has one location for the 1,998 people it serves. Loans ran to 5 items per person served in 2022. 2022 is the latest year in Alberta’s open library statistics, so the figures date from then.
B+Civic lifeGraded on library visits, charities and volunteeringWhat Provost’s civic life grade weighs
Provost gets a B+ for civic life. All three civic life inputs exist for Provost: library visits per resident, charities per 1,000 residents and the provincial volunteering rate.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
Provost mailing addresses hold 16 registered charities
That is 8.5 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%
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.
Behind 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.
Some 11 visits on an average day
What Provost Library counted in 2022, as the library reported it.
The closest is 22 km from Provost
Sorted by straight-line distance from the centre of Provost.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. Public library locations are taken from OpenStreetMap and a 2020 Statistics Canada inventory, merged where both list one place.
Questions about the library and civic life in Provost
Does Provost have a public library?
No, but Macklin Branch Library in Macklin is the nearest public library to Provost.
How busy is Provost Library?
Over 2022: 9,957 items out on loan, 4,100 visits through the door.
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).