Photo: Kiwibirdman · CC BY 3.0Willow Creek No. 26 Library Board, M.D. of logs 0.1 visits per person served, fewer than all but a few of Alberta’s town libraries
Willow Creek No. 26 Library Board, M.D. of serves 5,585 people from a single building. 1.3 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.
BCivic life#84 of 474 in AlbertaWillow Creek No. 26’s civic life grade, input by input
Civic life in Willow Creek No. 26 grades B: #84 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 Willow Creek No. 26.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
No registered charity gives a Willow Creek No. 26 mailing address
Charities are placed by mailing address, which flatters service towns whose post office serves a region and undercounts suburbs and rural municipalities.
37.1%
Volunteering here is a provincial number: 37.1% of people across Alberta in 2023, likely 35.1% to 39.2%, set in a ten-province range of 25.2% to 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
Behind 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.
Some 2 visits on an average day
What Willow Creek No. 26 Library Board, M.D. of counted in 2022, as the library reported it.
The closest is 9.9 km from Willow Creek No. 26
In order of distance from the centre of Willow Creek No. 26, as the crow flies.















What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. A library listed by both OpenStreetMap and Statistics Canada appears once; campus, school and private ones are left off.
Questions about the library and civic life in Willow Creek No. 26
Does Willow Creek No. 26 have a public library?
Not in Willow Creek No. 26: the nearest public library is Claresholm Public Library, in Claresholm.
How busy is Willow Creek No. 26 Library Board, M.D. of?
Over 2022: 7,189 items out on loan, 800 visits through the door.
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).