Photo: Waynercook · Public domainRed Deer has 6 public library branches
The population Red Deer Library serves is 101,002. Loans ran to 6.5 items per person served in 2022. The figures are for 2022, the latest year Alberta has published openly.
B−Civic life#438 of 474 in AlbertaWhat Red Deer’s civic life grade weighs
Red Deer gets a B− for civic life, #438 of 474 towns graded in Alberta. Red Deer 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.
Red Deer mailing addresses hold 173 registered charities
It works out to 1.5 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%
37.1% of people in Alberta did formal volunteering in 2023, a province-wide estimate between 35.1% and 39.2%; across the ten provinces the rate runs from 25.2% to 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
Ahead of most of Alberta’s town libraries on 1 of 3 measures
Per person served, against the 118 town libraries in Alberta’s 2022 statistics.
Town libraries only; regional systems left out.
Some 801 visits on an average day
Everything counted at Red Deer Library in 2022: visits, loans and cards.
Red Deer’s 6 public libraries
Closest first, each distance a straight line from the centre of Red Deer.
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 Red Deer
Does Red Deer have a public library?
Yes, 6: RDP Library, Red Deer Public Library, Red Deer Public Library, Red Deer Public Library and 2 more.
How busy is Red Deer Library?
292,312 in-person visits and 658,991 items borrowed 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).