No public library stands in Special Area No. 2: the closest, Youngstown Public Library, is 28 km away

The next is Veteran Municipal Library (Special Area No. 4), 58 km away. No library board reports for Special Area No. 2 alone: its libraries belong to a county or regional system, whose figures cover many towns.

A⁺Civic lifeGraded on library visits, charities and volunteering

Directions Nearest libraries

Civic life grade

Behind Special Area No. 2’s civic life grade

Civic life in Special Area No. 2 grades A+. Two of the three civic life inputs exist for Special Area No. 2, enough for a grade: charities and volunteering, but not library visits.

A⁺

Civic lifeA character grade: shown, never part of Special Area No. 2’s overall grade.

–Library visitsNo library board of its own A⁺Charities1.1 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

2 registered charities are based in Special Area No. 2, by mailing address

Per 1,000 residents that makes 1.1; 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.

Volunteering

37.1%

The whole province shares one estimate: 37.1% of people in Alberta volunteered formally in 2023 (between 35.1% and 39.2%), where the ten provinces run from 25.2% to 40.3%.

Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.

Nearest libraries

The nearest library is 28 km from Special Area No. 2

In order of distance from the centre of Special Area No. 2, as the crow flies.

28kmYoungstown Public LibrarySpecial Area No. 3Directions →58kmVeteran Municipal LibrarySpecial Area No. 4Directions →

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

Library locations. Locations merge two sources, OpenStreetMap and Statistics Canada’s 2020 list, without school, college or hospital libraries.

Questions about the library and civic life in Special Area No. 2

Does Special Area No. 2 have a public library?

There isn’t one in Special Area No. 2; people there use libraries such as Youngstown Public Library, in Special Area No. 3.

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).