Photo: Saddle Hills County · CC BY-SA 4.0Saddle Hills County Library lends 1.3 items per person served, fewer than 93% of Alberta’s town libraries
From 3 branches, Saddle Hills County Library serves 2,225 people. It counted 0.7 in-person visits 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 volunteeringSaddle Hills County’s civic life grade, input by input
Saddle Hills County’s civic life grade is B−. All three civic life inputs exist for Saddle Hills County: 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.
One registered charity gives a Saddle Hills County mailing address
That is 0.4 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%
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 1 of 3 measures
Measured per person served against the 118 town libraries of Alberta’s 2022 statistics.
Town libraries only; regional systems left out.
Some 4 visits on an average day
The year 2022 at Saddle Hills County Library, in the library’s own counts.
The closest is 47 km from Saddle Hills County
Closest first, each distance a straight line from the centre of Saddle Hills County.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. OpenStreetMap and Statistics Canada’s list of cultural facilities (2020), merged; school, college, hospital and private libraries are left out.
Questions about the library and civic life in Saddle Hills County
Does Saddle Hills County have a public library?
None is mapped in Saddle Hills County; the nearest is Pouce Coupe Municipal Library, in Electoral Area D, Peace River.
How busy is Saddle Hills County Library?
In 2022 it logged 1,533 in-person visits and 2,966 loans.
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).