Photo: Unknown author Unknown author · Public domainStony Plain has one public library, Stony Plain Public Library
Stony Plain Public Library serves 17,842 people from a single building. In 2022 it lent 11.2 items for every person it serves. The figures are for 2022, the latest year Alberta has published openly.
B+Civic life#68 of 474 in AlbertaBehind Stony Plain’s civic life grade
Stony Plain gets a B+ for civic life, #68 of 474 towns graded in Alberta. All three civic life inputs exist for Stony Plain: library visits per resident, charities per 1,000 residents and the provincial volunteering rate.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
31 registered charities are based in Stony Plain, by mailing address
Per 1,000 residents that makes 1.6; 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%
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.
Ahead of most of Alberta’s town libraries on all 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.
About 254 visits a day
What Stony Plain Public Library counted in 2022, as the library reported it.
Stony Plain’s public library
Nearest first, measured in a straight line from the centre of Stony Plain.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Visits count everyone. Anyone through the door counts as a visit, from Stony Plain or not, and the statistics have no resident share.
Questions about the library and civic life in Stony Plain
Does Stony Plain have a public library?
Yes: Stony Plain Public Library.
How busy is Stony Plain Public Library?
In 2022 it logged 92,771 in-person visits and 199,748 loans.
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).