Photo: Qwexcxewq · CC BY 4.0The nearest public library to Smoky Lake is Newbrook Library, 39 km away
Smoky Lake Library has one location for the 964 people it serves. Loans ran to 10.9 items per person served in 2022. 2022 is the latest year in Alberta’s open library statistics, so the figures date from then.
ACivic lifeGraded on library visits, charities and volunteeringWhat Smoky Lake’s civic life grade weighs
Civic life in Smoky Lake grades A. 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 Smoky Lake.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
Smoky Lake mailing addresses hold 17 registered charities
Per 1,000 residents that makes 14.7; the median is 1.3 for Alberta towns and 1.4 for Canada’s. Charities are placed by mailing address, which flatters service towns whose post office serves a region and undercounts suburbs and rural municipalities.
37.1%
Across Alberta, 37.1% of people volunteered through an organization in 2023, a provincial estimate with a likely range of 35.1% to 39.2%; the lowest province sits at 25.2% and the highest at 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
Ahead of most of Alberta’s town libraries on all 3 measures
Per person served, against the 118 town libraries in Alberta’s 2022 statistics.
Town libraries only; regional systems left out.
Some 13 visits on an average day
The year 2022 at Smoky Lake Library, in the library’s own counts.
The closest is 39 km from Smoky Lake
Nearest first, measured in a straight line from the centre of Smoky Lake.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Per person served. Per-person rates rest on the service area the library reports, which may be larger or smaller than Smoky Lake itself.
Questions about the library and civic life in Smoky Lake
Does Smoky Lake have a public library?
No, but Newbrook Library in Thorhild County is the nearest public library to Smoky Lake.
How busy is Smoky Lake Library?
4,641 in-person visits and 10,548 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).