Photo: Andrew Filer from Seattle (ex-Minneapolis) · CC BY-SA 2.0Altona has no public library of its own; the nearest is Bibliothèque Montcalm Library, 24 km away
The next is Emerson Public Library (Emerson-Franklin), 27 km away. Library statistics aren’t published openly in Manitoba, so there are no visit or loan figures for Altona.
A+Civic life#21 of 185 in ManitobaWhat Altona’s civic life grade weighs
With a A+, Altona ranks #21 of 185 Manitoba towns on civic life. Altona has charities and volunteering for a civic life grade, though not library visits, and two of the three are enough.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
32 registered charities give a Altona mailing address
That is 6.4 per 1,000 residents, against 2.1 in the typical Manitoba 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.
38.3%
In 2023, 38.3% of people in Manitoba volunteered formally: one estimate for the whole province, likely between 35.6% and 41.1%, in a range of 25.2% to 40.3% across the ten provinces.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
The closest is 24 km from Altona
Nearest first, measured in a straight line from the centre of Altona.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. The points are public libraries only, drawn from OpenStreetMap and from Statistics Canada’s list of cultural facilities (2020).
Questions about the library and civic life in Altona
Does Altona have a public library?
No library is mapped inside Altona, and the nearest one is Bibliothèque Montcalm Library in Montcalm.
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).