Bassano, Alberta

Bassano (Template:IPAc-en Template:Respell) is a town in Alberta, Canada. It is located on the Trans-Canada Highway approximately Template:Convert southeast of Calgary and Template:Convert 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"<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>), 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 Template:Convert.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

The community has the name of Marquis de Bassano, a railroad promoter.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Demographics

Template:Stack 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 Template:Percentage from its 2016 population of 1,206. With a land area of Template:Cvt, it had a population density of Template:Pop density in 2021.<ref name=2021census>Template:Cite web</ref>

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 Template:Percentage change from its 2011 population of 1,282. With a land area of Template:Convert, it had a population density of Template:Pop density in 2016.<ref name=2016censusABmunis>Template:Cite web</ref>

Template:Explain The town has emergency medical services provided by Bassano Health Centre.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

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