Photo: Unknown author Unknown author · Public domainAt 19.8 loans per person served, Tofield Library lends more than 96% of Alberta’s town libraries
A single building, Tofield Library, serves 2,081 people. In 2022 it logged 5.4 visits for every person it serves. The figures are for 2022, the latest year Alberta has published openly.
ACivic lifeGraded on library visits, charities and volunteeringWhat Tofield’s civic life grade weighs
Civic life in Tofield grades A. All three civic life inputs exist for Tofield: 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.
16 registered charities are based in Tofield, by mailing address
Per 1,000 residents that makes 7.5; 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%
Between 35.1% and 39.2% of people in Alberta volunteered formally in 2023, 37.1% at the estimate’s middle; that is one figure for the province, which ranges from 25.2% to 40.3% nationally.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
Ahead of most of Alberta’s town libraries on all 3 measures
Per person served, against the 118 town libraries in Alberta’s 2022 statistics.
Town libraries only; regional systems left out.
About 31 visits a day
The year 2022 at Tofield Library, in the library’s own counts.
The nearest library is 33 km from Tofield
Nearest first, measured in a straight line from the centre of Tofield.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Visits count everyone. A busy library may owe some of its visits to people who live outside Tofield; the figure can’t tell them apart.
Questions about the library and civic life in Tofield
Does Tofield have a public library?
The map shows none in Tofield; Hay Lakes Library, in Camrose County, is the closest.
How busy is Tofield Library?
Its 2022 report counts 11,250 visits in person and 41,162 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).