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Bassano, Alberta

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nameBassano
official_nameTown of Bassano
native_name
settlement_typeTown
mottoThe Best in the West by a damsite
pushpin_mapCanada Alberta
pushpin_label_position
pushpin_map_captionLocation of Bassano in Alberta
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameCanada
subdivision_type1Province
subdivision_name1Alberta
subdivision_type2Region
subdivision_name2Southern Alberta
subdivision_type3Census division
subdivision_name32
subdivision_type4Municipal district
subdivision_name4County of Newell
government_footnotes
leader_titleMayor
leader_nameMike Wetstain
leader_title1Governing body
leader_name1Bassano Town Council
leader_title2MP
leader_name2David Bexte
leader_title3MLA
leader_name3Danielle Smith
established_titleFounded
established_title1Incorporated
established_date1
established_title2• Village
established_date2December 28, 1909
established_title3• Town
established_date3January 16, 1911
area_footnotes(2021)
area_land_km25.23
population_as_of2021
population_footnotes
population_total1216
population_density_km2232.5
timezoneMST
utc_offset−7
timezone_DSTMDT
utc_offset_DST−6
coordinates
elevation_footnotes
elevation_m792
postal_code_typePostal code span
area_code+1-403
blank_nameHighways
blank_infoHighway 1
blank1_nameWaterways
blank1_infoCrawling Valley Reservoir
Bow River
website

Bow River

Bassano ( ) is a town in Alberta, Canada. It is located on the Trans-Canada Highway approximately 140 km southeast of Calgary and 160 km northwest of Medicine Hat. It is also on the main line of the Canadian Pacific Kansas City. A short distance south of the town is the Bassano Dam (originally "Horse Shoe Bend Dam"), serves as a diversion structure which routes water through a canal into Lake Newell Reservoir which supplies water to the majority of the County of Newell for purposes like irrigation, recreation, and the County's drinking water.

The Bassano Dam holds the record for highest temperature in Alberta which is 43.3 C.

The community has the name of Marquis de Bassano, a railroad promoter.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Town of Bassano had a population of 1,216 living in 540 of its 595 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 1,206. With a land area of 5.23 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.

In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Town of Bassano recorded a population of 1,206 living in 536 of its 556 total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 1,282. With a land area of 5.22 km2, it had a population density of in 2016.

Infrastructure

The town has emergency medical services provided by Bassano Health Centre.

Notable people

  • Arno Doerksen, Canadian politician; MLA for Strathmore-Brooks from 2008 to 2012
  • Jim Henshaw – Canadian voice actor
  • Joseph B. Martin – Physician who served as dean of Harvard Medical School 1997–2007
  • Rick May (1940 – 2020) – Canadian-American actor, theatrical performer, director, and teacher.
  • Mike Toth – Sportscaster

References

References

  1. {{AMOS
  2. (October 7, 2016). "Location and History Profile: Town of Bassano". [[Alberta Municipal Affairs]].
  3. (February 9, 2022). "Population and dwelling counts: Canada and population centres". [[Statistics Canada]].
  5. (1915). "Engineering Works of uCalgary".
  6. Canada, Environment and Climate Change. (October 31, 2011). "Daily Data Report for July 1931 - Climate - Environment and Climate Change Canada".
  7. (1928). "Place-names of Alberta". Geographic Board of Canada.
  8. (February 9, 2022). "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities)". [[Statistics Canada]].
  9. (February 8, 2017). "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Alberta)". [[Statistics Canada]].
  10. "Page Error | Alberta Health Services".
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