Photo: Carsell: Photographer · Public domainWainwright’s public library is Wainwright Public Library
A single building, Wainwright Public Library, serves 6,270 people. In 2022 it lent 10.3 items for every person it serves. Alberta’s open library statistics stop at 2022, so these are its 2022 figures.
A−Civic life#43 of 474 in AlbertaBehind Wainwright’s civic life grade
Civic life in Wainwright grades A−: #43 of the 474 towns graded in Alberta. A civic life grade combines library visits per resident, registered charities per 1,000 residents and the province’s volunteering rate, and all three exist for Wainwright.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
29 registered charities give a Wainwright mailing address
That is 4.2 per 1,000 residents, against 1.3 in the typical Alberta town and 1.4 across Canada. 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%
One figure covers all of Alberta: in 2023, 37.1% of its people gave time to an organization (between 35.1% and 39.2%), against a provincial range of 25.2% to 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
Ahead of most of Alberta’s town libraries on 1 of 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 55 visits a day
Everything counted at Wainwright Public Library in 2022: visits, loans and cards.
Wainwright’s public library
Closest first, each distance a straight line from the centre of Wainwright.
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 Wainwright
Does Wainwright have a public library?
Yes: Wainwright Public Library.
How busy is Wainwright Public Library?
For 2022 it reported 64,401 loans and 19,958 in-person visits.
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).