Libraries · Samson 137

No public library stands in Samson 137: the closest, Millet Public Library, is 17 km away

The next is Calmar Public Library (Wetaskiwin), 20 km away. Its libraries report as part of a wider system, so there are no figures for Samson 137 in particular.

C⁺Civic lifeGraded on library visits, charities and volunteering

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Civic life grade

Samson 137’s civic life grade, input by input

Samson 137 gets a C+ for civic life. Samson 137 has charities and volunteering for a civic life grade, though not library visits, and two of the three are enough.

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Civic lifeA character grade: shown, never part of Samson 137’s overall grade.

–Library visitsNo library board of its own D⁻Charities0 per 1,000 · Alberta towns 1.3 · Canada 1.4 AVolunteering37.1% of residents · all of Alberta, 2023

Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.

Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.

Places to belong

No registered charity gives a Samson 137 mailing address

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.

Volunteering

37.1%

No town-level count exists, so the page uses Alberta as a whole: 37.1% volunteered formally in 2023, between 35.1% and 39.2%, while the provinces span 25.2% to 40.3%.

Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.

Nearest libraries

The nearest library is 17 km from Samson 137

In order of distance from the centre of Samson 137, as the crow flies.

17kmMillet Public LibraryPonokaDirections →20kmCalmar Public LibraryWetaskiwinDirections →20kmBreton Municipal LibraryWetaskiwinDirections →42kmBashaw Municipal LibraryLacombe CountyDirections →42kmRochester Public LibraryLacombeDirections →

How to read these numbers

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 Samson 137

Does Samson 137 have a public library?

There isn’t one in Samson 137; people there use libraries such as Millet Public Library, in Ponoka.

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).