Photo: dave_7 from Lethbridge, Canada · CC BY 2.0Taber Library Board, M.D. of logs 0.7 visits per person served, fewer than 90% of Alberta’s town libraries
The 7,173 people Taber Library Board, M.D. of serves have 3 branches to choose from. 1.5 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.
C+Civic life#460 of 474 in AlbertaBehind Taber’s civic life grade
Civic life in Taber grades C+: #460 of the 474 towns graded in Alberta. All three civic life inputs exist for Taber: 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.
4 registered charities are based in Taber, by mailing address
It works out to 0.5 per 1,000 residents, where the typical Alberta town has 1.3 and Canada’s 1.4. Charities are placed by mailing address, which flatters service towns whose post office serves a region and undercounts suburbs and rural municipalities.
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.
Behind 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.
Some 13 visits on an average day
The year 2022 at Taber Library Board, M.D. of, in the library’s own counts.
Taber’s 2 public libraries
In order of distance from the centre of Taber, as the crow flies.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. Statistics Canada’s 2020 facilities list and OpenStreetMap supply the points; libraries of schools, colleges and hospitals are not shown.
Questions about the library and civic life in Taber
Does Taber have a public library?
Yes, 2: Grassy Lake Public Library and Picture Butte Municipal Library.
How busy is Taber Library Board, M.D. of?
Its 2022 report counts 4,844 visits in person and 10,763 items lent.
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).