Photo: Hero122 · CC BY-SA 3.0Raymond Public Library lends 13.4 items per person served, more than 85% of Alberta’s town libraries
Raymond Public Library has one location for the 4,241 people it serves. In 2022 it logged 6.6 visits for every person it serves. 2022 is the latest year in Alberta’s open library statistics, so the figures date from then.
A−Civic life#52 of 474 in AlbertaWhat Raymond’s civic life grade weighs
Raymond gets a A− for civic life, #52 of 474 towns graded in Alberta. Raymond 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.
5 registered charities give a Raymond mailing address
That is 1.1 per 1,000 residents, against 1.3 in the typical Alberta town and 1.4 across Canada. Charities are placed by mailing address, which flatters service towns whose post office serves a region and undercounts suburbs and rural municipalities.
37.1%
Formal volunteering is measured only for the province: 37.1% of Alberta’s people in 2023, give or take (35.1% to 39.2%), with the provinces between 25.2% and 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
Ahead of most of Alberta’s town libraries on 2 of 3 measures
Each figure is per person served, set against 118 town libraries in Alberta’s statistics for 2022.
Town libraries only; regional systems left out.
About 76 visits a day
The year 2022 at Raymond Public Library, in the library’s own counts.
Raymond’s public library
Closest first, each distance a straight line from the centre of Raymond.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Visits count everyone. A library’s visits include people from neighbouring towns and visitors; the statistics don’t say how many come from Raymond itself.
Questions about the library and civic life in Raymond
Does Raymond have a public library?
Yes: Raymond Public Library.
How busy is Raymond Public Library?
People made 27,900 visits in person and borrowed 56,756 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).