Photo: Kevlar67 · Public domainThe nearest public library to Smoky Lake County is Mallaig Public Library, 53 km away
The next is Newbrook Library (Thorhild County), 55 km away. No library board reports for Smoky Lake County alone: its libraries belong to a county or regional system, whose figures cover many towns.
ACivic life#8 of 474 in AlbertaWhat Smoky Lake County’s civic life grade weighs
Civic life in Smoky Lake County grades A: #8 of the 474 towns graded in Alberta. Two of the three civic life inputs exist for Smoky Lake County, enough for a grade: charities and volunteering, but not library visits.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
No registered charity gives a Smoky Lake County mailing address
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%
In 2023, 37.1% of people in Alberta volunteered formally: one estimate for the whole province, likely between 35.1% and 39.2%, in a range of 25.2% to 40.3% across the ten provinces.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
The nearest library is 53 km from Smoky Lake County
Nearest first, measured in a straight line from the centre of Smoky Lake County.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. The locations come from OpenStreetMap and from Statistics Canada’s cultural facilities list of 2020, public libraries only.
Questions about the library and civic life in Smoky Lake County
Does Smoky Lake County have a public library?
Not within Smoky Lake County itself: the closest is Mallaig Public Library, in St. Paul County No. 19.
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).