Bassano, Alberta

Town in Alberta, Canada

50°47′03″N 112°27′05″W / 50.78417°N 112.45139°W / 50.78417; -112.45139CountryCanadaProvinceAlbertaRegionSouthern AlbertaCensus division2Municipal districtCounty of NewellIncorporated^[1] • VillageDecember 28, 1909 • TownJanuary 16, 1911Government

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• MayorBlu Hale • Governing bodyBassano Town Council • MPMartin Shields • MLADanielle SmithArea

(2021)^[3]

• Land5.23 km² (2.02 sq mi)Elevation

792 m (2,598 ft)Population

(2021)^[3]^[4]

• Total1,216 • Density232.5/km² (602/sq mi)Time zoneUTC−7 (MST) • Summer (DST)UTC−6 (MDT)Area code+1-403HighwaysHighway 1WaterwaysCrawling Valley Reservoir
Bow RiverWebsiteOfficial website

Bassano (/bəˈsænoʊ/ bə-SAN-oh) is a town in Alberta, Canada. It is located on the Trans-Canada Highway approximately 140 kilometres (87 mi) southeast of Calgary and 160 kilometres (99 mi) 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"^[5]), 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 (109.9 °F).^[6]

The community has the name of Marquis de Bassano, a railroad promoter.^[7]

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 0.8% from its 2016 population of 1,206. With a land area of 5.23 km² (2.02 sq mi), it had a population density of 232.5/km² (602.2/sq mi) in 2021.^[3]

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 -5.9% change from its 2011 population of 1,282. With a land area of 5.22 km² (2.02 sq mi), it had a population density of 231.0/km² (598.4/sq mi) in 2016.^[8]

Infrastructure

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The town has emergency medical services provided by Bassano Health Centre.^[9]

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
Mike Toth – Sportscaster

References

^ "Location and History Profile: Town of Bassano" (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. October 7, 2016. p. 29. Retrieved October 16, 2016.
^ "Municipal Officials Search". Alberta Municipal Affairs. May 9, 2019. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities)". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada and population centres". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved February 13, 2022.
^ Engineering Works of uCalgary. 1915. p. 14. Archived from the original on 2017-03-03. Retrieved 2013-08-01.
^ Canada, Environment and Climate Change (October 31, 2011). "Daily Data Report for July 1931 - Climate - Environment and Climate Change Canada". climate.weather.gc.ca.
^ Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 16.
^ "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Alberta)". Statistics Canada. February 8, 2017. Retrieved February 8, 2017.
^ "Page Error | Alberta Health Services".