Photo: Tara Zieminek · Public domain3 public library branches serve Spruce Grove
The population Spruce Grove Library serves is 35,766. 6.5 items per person served went out on loan in 2022. 2022 is the latest year in Alberta’s open library statistics, so the figures date from then.
B+Civic life#79 of 474 in AlbertaSpruce Grove’s civic life grade, input by input
Spruce Grove gets a B+ for civic life, #79 of 474 towns graded in Alberta. 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 Spruce Grove.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
54 registered charities give a Spruce Grove mailing address
Per 1,000 residents that makes 1.2; 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.
37.1%
For 2023, the provincial survey estimates that 37.1% of people in Alberta volunteered formally (likely 35.1% to 39.2%); among the ten provinces the rate goes from 25.2% to 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
Ahead of most of Alberta’s town libraries on 1 of 3 measures
Each figure is per person served, set against 118 town libraries in Alberta’s statistics for 2022.
Town libraries only; regional systems left out.
Some 477 visits on an average day
Everything counted at Spruce Grove Library in 2022: visits, loans and cards.
3 public libraries in Spruce Grove
Sorted by straight-line distance from the centre of Spruce Grove.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Per person served. Figures are divided by the population the library says it serves, which can differ from the census count of Spruce Grove.
Questions about the library and civic life in Spruce Grove
Does Spruce Grove have a public library?
Yes, 3: Spruce Grove Public Library, Spruce Grove Public Library and Yellowhead Regional Library.
How busy is Spruce Grove Library?
People made 173,927 visits in person and borrowed 233,827 items 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).