More visits per person served than 76% of Alberta’s town libraries: Entwistle Public Library counts 5.7
Entwistle Public Library serves 2,053 people from a single building. 5.4 items per person served went out on loan 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 volunteeringBehind Redwater’s civic life grade
Redwater’s civic life grade is B+. A civic life grade combines library visits per resident, registered charities per 1,000 residents and the province’s volunteering rate, and all three exist for Redwater.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
7 registered charities are based in Redwater, by mailing address
Per 1,000 residents that makes 3; the median is 1.3 for Alberta towns and 1.4 for Canada’s. 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.
37.1%
One figure covers all of Alberta: in 2023, 37.1% of its people gave time to an organization (between 35.1% and 39.2%), against a provincial range of 25.2% to 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
Ahead of most of Alberta’s town libraries on 1 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.
Some 32 visits on an average day
Everything counted at Entwistle Public Library in 2022: visits, loans and cards.
Redwater’s public library
Closest first, each distance a straight line from the centre of Redwater.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Visits count everyone. Tourists, commuters and neighbours all add to the visits, and nobody records which of them live in Redwater.
Questions about the library and civic life in Redwater
Does Redwater have a public library?
Yes: Entwistle Public Library.
How busy is Entwistle Public Library?
For 2022 it reported 11,052 loans and 11,629 in-person visits.
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).