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Libraries · Willow Creek No. 26

Willow 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 Alberta
Visits a year
800
0.1 per person served
Borrowed a year
7,189
1.3 per person served
Cardholders
2%
85 cards
Libraries
1
Charities
0
0 per 1,000 residents
Civic life grade

Willow 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.

B
Civic lifeA character grade: shown, never part of Willow Creek No. 26’s overall grade.

Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.

Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.

Places to belong

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.

Volunteering

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.

How it compares

Behind most of Alberta’s town libraries on all 3 measures

Per person served, against the 118 town libraries in Alberta’s 2022 statistics.

Visits per person served 0.1 visits · typical 3.6Bottom 10%
Loans per person served 1.3 items · typical 8.1Bottom 10%
Cardholders 2% of people served · typical 20%Bottom 10%
Fewer per personMore per person
Who is compared

Town libraries only; regional systems left out.

A year at the library

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.

800
in-person visits
0.1 per person served
7,189
items borrowed
1.3 per person served
85
cardholders
2% of people served
Every week15visits
Every day20items borrowed
5,585 people served
Nearest libraries

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.

How to read these numbers

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).