Suffield, Alberta

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Community in Alberta, Canada

title: "Suffield, Alberta" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["cypress-county", "hamlets-in-alberta", "designated-places-in-alberta", "former-villages-in-alberta"] description: "Community in Alberta, Canada" topic_path: "general/cypress-county" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suffield,_Alberta" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Community in Alberta, Canada ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox settlement"]

Field	Value
name	Suffield
native_name
settlement_type	Hamlet
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pushpin_map	Canada Alberta
pushpin_label_position	none
pushpin_map_caption	Location of Suffield in Alberta
pushpin_mapsize	220
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Canada
subdivision_type1	Province
subdivision_name1	Alberta
subdivision_type2	Region
subdivision_name2	Southern Alberta
subdivision_type3	Census division
subdivision_name3	1
subdivision_type4	Municipal district
subdivision_name4	Cypress County
established_title2
established_title3
area_footnotes	(2021)
area_land_km2	0.86
population_as_of	2021
population_footnotes
population_total	190
population_density_km2	219.8
timezone	MST
utc_offset	−7
timezone_DST	MDT
utc_offset_DST	−6
coordinates
elevation_footnotes
elevation_m	755
postal_code_type	Postal code span
postal_code	T0J
area_code	+1-403
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::callout[type=note] the Hamlet of Suffield, Alberta ::

History

Established by the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) in 1884, Suffield was named after Charles Harbord, 5th Baron Suffield who married in 1854, Cecilia Annetta, the sister of Edward Baring, 1st Baron Revelstoke, who assisted in financing the railway.

Near the beginning of the 20th century, Suffield experienced rapid growth arising from the construction of the CPR. One of the larger buildings in the area at the time, the 32-room Alamo Hotel was constructed in 1910 by W.R. Martin, superintendent of CPR oil and gas exploration, A.M. Grace, chief engineer of the Southern Alberta Land Company, and A.P. Phillips at a cost of $30,000. A reporter from the Medicine Hat News wrote on 20 Oct 1910, "The most beautiful hotel alongside the CPR from Winnipeg to Calgary, stands on the prairie within a stone's throw of one of the biggest gas wells in the Medicine Hat district in what promises to be, in the near future, the city of Suffield". The hotel hosted a 40-foot stand-up bar and was reported to be one of the finest in the country. Hard times hit with the First World War and with the introduction of Prohibition in 1915. In 1926, the hotel was sold to the Calgary Brewing and Malting Company and moved to Sylvan Lake in 1927 to replace a hotel that burnt down.

Railway

In 1913, a branch line of the CPR was constructed between Suffield and Retlaw. In 1914, the Suffield-Retlaw was extended to Lomond, completing the 84-mile branch. The Suffield-Lomond line was extended to Arrowwood in 1925. In 1930, the line was extended to Eltham on the Kipp-Aldersyde line near Blackie. The stops on the line were Suffield, Agatha, Hlingworth, Ronolane, Cecil, Armelgra, Scope, Grantham, Vauxhall, Retlaw, Enchant, Travers, Lomond, Armada, Pageant, Milo, Qeenstown, Shouldice and Arrowwood. The coach fare in 1948 was $3.75. The line has since been abandoned and the rails removed.

Climate

Suffield experiences a semi-arid climate (Köppen climate classification BSk) with long, cold, dry winters and short but very warm summers. Precipitation is low, with an annual average of 318 mm, and is concentrated in the warmer months. |location = Suffield Airport |metric first = yes |single line = yes |collapsed = yes |Jan maximum humidex = 12.2 |Feb maximum humidex = 16.1 |Mar maximum humidex = 22.9 |Apr maximum humidex = 28.9 |May maximum humidex = 33.3 |Jun maximum humidex = 38.4 |Jul maximum humidex = 44.1 |Aug maximum humidex = 40.4 |Sep maximum humidex = 37.1 |Oct maximum humidex = 29.4 |Nov maximum humidex = 22.2 |Dec maximum humidex = 12.8 |year maximum humidex = 44.1 |Jan record high C = 16.6 |Feb record high C = 21.6 |Mar record high C = 24.4 |Apr record high C = 30.1 |May record high C = 33.9 |Jun record high C = 36.5 |Jul record high C = 38.3 |Aug record high C = 40.6 |Sep record high C = 36.1 |Oct record high C = 32.1 |Nov record high C = 23.6 |Dec record high C = 16.7 |year record high C = 40.6 |Jan high C = −5.9 |Feb high C = −1.7 |Mar high C = 4.7 |Apr high C = 13.2 |May high C = 19.0 |Jun high C = 23.3 |Jul high C = 26.6 |Aug high C = 26.2 |Sep high C = 20.0 |Oct high C = 13.5 |Nov high C = 2.6 |Dec high C = −3.7 |year high C = 11.5 |Jan mean C = −11.2 |Feb mean C = −7.1 |Mar mean C = −1.2 |Apr mean C = 6.3 |May mean C = 12.0 |Jun mean C = 16.3 |Jul mean C = 19.1 |Aug mean C = 18.6 |Sep mean C = 12.7 |Oct mean C = 6.6 |Nov mean C = −2.8 |Dec mean C = −9.0 |year mean C = 5.0 |Jan low C = −16.4 |Feb low C = −12.5 |Mar low C = −7.1 |Apr low C = −0.7 |May low C = 4.9 |Jun low C = 9.2 |Jul low C = 11.6 |Aug low C = 10.9 |Sep low C = 5.3 |Oct low C = −0.3 |Nov low C = −8.2 |Dec low C = −14.2 |year low C = −1.5 |Jan record low C = −42.2 |Feb record low C = −40.2 |Mar record low C = −40.0 |Apr record low C = −24.4 |May record low C = −9.4 |Jun record low C = −2.8 |Jul record low C = 1.7 |Aug record low C = −1.0 |Sep record low C = −7.8 |Oct record low C = −29.6 |Nov record low C = −36.0 |Dec record low C = −45.6 |year record low C = −45.6 |Jan chill = −54.1 |Feb chill = −51.2 |Mar chill = −45.9 |Apr chill = −34.4 |May chill = −14.7 |Jun chill = −2.3 |Jul chill = 1.7 |Aug chill = −1.1 |Sep chill = −12.8 |Oct chill = −22.6 |Nov chill = −44.0 |Dec chill = −55.3 |year chill = −55.3 |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 15.6 |Feb precipitation mm = 10.1 |Mar precipitation mm = 18.1 |Apr precipitation mm = 23.6 |May precipitation mm = 44.5 |Jun precipitation mm = 58.3 |Jul precipitation mm = 34.4 |Aug precipitation mm = 34.0 |Sep precipitation mm = 31.6 |Oct precipitation mm = 15.8 |Nov precipitation mm = 14.7 |Dec precipitation mm = 17.8 |year precipitation mm = 318.2 |rain colour = green |Jan rain mm = 0.6 |Feb rain mm = 0.2 |Mar rain mm = 3.5 |Apr rain mm = 14.8 |May rain mm = 41.8 |Jun rain mm = 58.3 |Jul rain mm = 34.4 |Aug rain mm = 33.7 |Sep rain mm = 30.2 |Oct rain mm = 10.3 |Nov rain mm = 2.7 |Dec rain mm = 0.7 |year rain mm = 231.0 |Jan snow cm = 17.2 |Feb snow cm = 11.5 |Mar snow cm = 16.3 |Apr snow cm = 9.7 |May snow cm = 2.8 |Jun snow cm = 0 |Jul snow cm = 0 |Aug snow cm = 0.4 |Sep snow cm = 1.4 |Oct snow cm = 6.3 |Nov snow cm = 14.2 |Dec snow cm = 19.6 |year snow cm = 99.4 |unit precipitation days = 0.2 mm |Jan precipitation days = 7.8 |Feb precipitation days = 5.9 |Mar precipitation days = 6.9 |Apr precipitation days = 7.3 |May precipitation days = 9.5 |Jun precipitation days = 10.9 |Jul precipitation days = 9.4 |Aug precipitation days = 8.3 |Sep precipitation days = 7.7 |Oct precipitation days = 5.7 |Nov precipitation days = 6.2 |Dec precipitation days = 8.0 |year precipitation days = 93.8 |unit rain days = 0.2 mm |Jan rain days = 0.40 |Feb rain days = 0.40 |Mar rain days = 1.6 |Apr rain days = 5.1 |May rain days = 9.2 |Jun rain days = 10.9 |Jul rain days = 9.4 |Aug rain days = 8.3 |Sep rain days = 7.4 |Oct rain days = 4.2 |Nov rain days = 1.4 |Dec rain days = 0.66 |year rain days = 59.0 |unit snow days = 0.2 cm |Jan snow days = 7.7 |Feb snow days = 5.9 |Mar snow days = 6.1 |Apr snow days = 3.4 |May snow days = 0.93 |Jun snow days = 0 |Jul snow days = 0 |Aug snow days = 0.03 |Sep snow days = 0.40 |Oct snow days = 2.3 |Nov snow days = 5.5 |Dec snow days = 7.8 |year snow days = 40.0 |Jan sun = 106.9 |Feb sun = 131.9 |Mar sun = 180.0 |Apr sun = 223.0 |May sun = 267.0 |Jun sun = 292.8 |Jul sun = 329.3 |Aug sun = 295.1 |Sep sun = 214.0 |Oct sun = 179.3 |Nov sun = 117.6 |Dec sun = 89.9 |year sun = 2426.7 |source 1 = Environment Canada{{cite web | url = http://www.climate.weatheroffice.gc.ca/climate_normals/results_e.html?stnID=2312&lang=e&dCode=1&province=ALTA&provBut=Search&month1=0&month2=12 | title = Suffield A, Alberta | work = Canadian Climate Normals 1971–2000 | publisher = Environment Canada | language = en, fr | access-date = 13 February 2013}} |date=August 2010

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Suffield had a population of 190 living in 81 of its 91 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 255. With a land area of 0.86 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.

As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Suffield had a population of 255 living in 113 of its 127 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2011 population of 264. With a land area of 0.86 km2, it had a population density of in 2016.

References

(January 2012). "Alberta Private Sewage Systems 2009 Standard of Practice Handbook: Appendix A.3 Alberta Design Data (A.3.A. Alberta Climate Design Data by Town)". Safety Codes Council.
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Geographic Board of Canada, Place-Names of Alberta, published for the Geographic Board by the Department of the Interior, 1928
D.C. Jones, Empire of Dust, University of Calgary Press, 2002
J. Schmidt, Growing up in the oil patch, Dundurn Press Ltd, 1989
J.Blue,"Alberta Past and Present: historical and biographical", 1924
Waghorn's Guide, May 1948
(February 9, 2022). "Population and dwelling counts: Canada and designated places". [[Statistics Canada]].
(8 February 2017). "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and designated places, 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Alberta)". [[Statistics Canada]].

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