Photo: Qyd · CC BY 2.5At 13 loans per person served, Vauxhall Public Library lends more than 83% of Alberta’s town libraries
A single building, Vauxhall Public Library, serves 1,222 people. It counted 3 in-person visits per person served in 2022. Alberta’s open library statistics stop at 2022, so these are its 2022 figures.
BCivic lifeGraded on library visits, charities and volunteeringWhat Vauxhall’s civic life grade weighs
Vauxhall gets a B for civic life. All three civic life inputs exist for Vauxhall: 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.
Vauxhall mailing addresses hold 7 registered charities
That is 4.8 per 1,000 residents, against 1.3 in the typical Alberta town and 1.4 across Canada. Counting by mailing address favors a service town, where the surrounding area’s charities get their mail, over the suburbs and countryside around it.
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 2 of 3 measures
Measured per person served against the 118 town libraries of Alberta’s 2022 statistics.
Town libraries only; regional systems left out.
Some 10 visits on an average day
The year 2022 at Vauxhall Public Library, in the library’s own counts.
Vauxhall’s public library
Nearest first, measured in a straight line from the centre of Vauxhall.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Per person served. Each rate divides by the people the library reports serving, which need not match Vauxhall’s census population.
Questions about the library and civic life in Vauxhall
Does Vauxhall have a public library?
Yes: Vauxhall Public Library.
How busy is Vauxhall Public Library?
In 2022 it logged 3,705 in-person visits and 15,907 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).