Photo: WinterE229 WinterforceMedia · CC0Sturgeon County has no public library of its own; the nearest is St. Albert Public Library, 15 km away
The next is EPL Castle Downs Branch (Beaumaris), 16 km away. Sturgeon County has no library board of its own in the provincial statistics, so no visit or loan figures appear here.
B−Civic life#444 of 474 in AlbertaWhat Sturgeon County’s civic life grade weighs
Sturgeon County gets a B− for civic life, #444 of 474 towns graded in Alberta. Sturgeon County has charities and volunteering for a civic life grade, though not library visits, and two of the three are enough.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
Sturgeon County mailing addresses hold 21 registered charities
Per 1,000 residents that makes 1; 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%
37.1% of people in Alberta did formal volunteering in 2023, a province-wide estimate between 35.1% and 39.2%; across the ten provinces the rate runs from 25.2% to 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
The closest is 15 km from Sturgeon County
Closest first, each distance a straight line from the centre of Sturgeon County.
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 Sturgeon County
Does Sturgeon County have a public library?
None is mapped in Sturgeon County; the nearest is St. Albert Public Library, in St. Albert.
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).