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{{OtherusesOther uses|Bassano (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox settlement
{{Canadian Town|
| name = Bassano
Reference Name=Bassano, Alberta|
| official_name = Town of Bassano
Header Format=None|
| other_name =
Motto=The Best in the West|
| native_name = <!-- for cities whose native name is not in English -->
Census_Number=[[Division No. 2, Alberta|No. 2]]|
| nickname =
Region_type=County|
| settlement_type = Town<!--For Town or Village (Leave blank for the default City)-->
Region_name=[[Newell County No. 4, Alberta|Newell]]|
| motto = The Best in the West by a damsite
Latitude Longitude=50° 47' 03" N<br>112° 27' 05" W|
| image_skyline =
Elevation=792|
| imagesize =
Highway=[[Alberta provincial highway 1|Highway 1]]|
| image_caption =
Waterway=[[Crawling Valley Reservoir, Alberta|Crawling Valley Reservoir]]<br>[[Bow River (Alberta)|Bow River]]|
| image_flag =
Founded=&nbsp;|
| flag_size =
Incorporated=1911|
| image_seal =
Time zone=MST|
| seal_size =
Postal Code=&nbsp;|
| image_shield =
Population description=Town Population|
| shield_size =
Population=1,320 (2005)|
| city_logo =
Population Density=256.3|
| citylogo_size =
Area=5.15|
| image_map =
Town Mayor=Jim Kirwan|
| mapsize =
Governing Body=Bassano Town Council|
| map_caption =
website= [http://www.bassano.ca Bassano.ca]|
| pushpin_map = Canada Alberta<!-- the name of a ___location map as per http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Location_map -->
Census Year=2001|
| pushpin_label_position = <!-- the position of the pushpin label: left, right, top, bottom, none -->
Extra references=Geographic references|
| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Bassano in [[Alberta]]
| pushpin_mapsize =
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = Canada
| subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces and territories of Canada|Province]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Alberta]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of regions of Canada#Alberta|Region]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Southern Alberta]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[List of census divisions of Alberta|Census division]]
| subdivision_name3 = [[Division No. 2, Alberta|2]]
| subdivision_type4 = [[List of municipal districts in Alberta|Municipal district]]
| subdivision_name4 = [[County of Newell]]
| government_footnotes = <ref>{{AMOS}}</ref>
| government_type =
| leader_title = Mayor
| leader_name = Irvin Morey
| leader_title1 = Governing&nbsp;body
| leader_name1 = Bassano Town Council
| leader_title2 = [[Current members of the Canadian House of Commons|MP]]
| leader_name2 = [[David Bexte]]
| leader_title3 = [[Legislative Assembly of Alberta|MLA]]
| leader_name3 = [[Danielle Smith]]
| leader_title4 =
| leader_name4 =
| established_title = Founded
| established_date =
| established_title1 = Incorporated<ref name=AMATownProfiles>{{cite web | url=http://www.municipalaffairs.alberta.ca/cfml/MunicipalProfiles/basicReport/TOWN.PDF | publisher=[[Alberta Municipal Affairs]] | title=Location and History Profile: Town of Bassano | page=29 | date=October 7, 2016 | access-date=October 16, 2016}}</ref>
| established_date1 = &nbsp;
| established_title2 = &nbsp;•&nbsp;[[List of villages in Alberta|Village]]
| established_date2 = December 28, 1909
| established_title3 = &nbsp;•&nbsp;[[List of towns in Alberta|Town]]
| established_date3 = January 16, 1911
| area_footnotes = &nbsp;(2021)<ref name=2021census/>
| area_land_km2 = 5.23
| area_urban_km2 =
| population_as_of = 2021
| population_footnotes = <ref name=2021census/><ref name=2021censusPC>{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810001101 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada and population centres | publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] | date=February 9, 2022 | accessdate=February 13, 2022}}</ref>
| population_note =
| population_total = 1216 <!-- 2021 StatCan census population only per [[WP:CANPOP]]; do not replace with latest municipal census population count; this municipal census population count can go in the population_blank1_title and population_blank1 parameters further below and can be noted in the article body (so long as it doesn't replace the 2021 StatCan census population in the body). -->
| population_density_km2 = 232.5
| population_urban =
| population_density_urban_km2 =
| population_blank1_title =
| population_blank1 =
| population_density_blank1_km2 =
| population_density_blank1_sq_mi =
| timezone = [[Mountain Standard Time|MST]]
| utc_offset = −7
| timezone_DST = MDT
| utc_offset_DST = −6
| coordinates = {{coord|50|47|03|N|112|27|05|W|region:CA-AB|display=inline}}
| elevation_footnotes = <!--for references: use <ref> </ref> tags-->
| elevation_m = 792
| elevation_ft =
| postal_code_type = Postal code span
| postal_code =
| area_code = [[Area code 403|+1-403]]
| blank_name = Highways
| blank_info = [[Alberta Highway 1|Highway 1]]
| blank1_name = Waterways
| blank1_info = [[Crawling Valley Reservoir]]<br>[[Bow River (Alberta)|Bow River]]
| website = {{official website|www.bassano.ca}}
| footnotes =
}}
 
'''Bassano''' ({{IPAc-en|b|ə|ˈ|s|æ|n|oʊ}} {{respell|bə|SAN|oh}}) is a [[town]] in [[Alberta]], [[Canada]]. It liesis nextlocated toon the [[Trans-Canada Highway]] 1.approximately {{convert|140|km|mi}} Location is eastsoutheast of [[Calgary]] and west-{{convert|160|km|mi}} northwest of [[Medicine Hat]]. It is connectedalso byon railthe tomain bothline of thesethe cities[[Canadian Pacific Kansas City]]. A short distance south of the town is the Bassano Dam. The(originally dam"Horse Shoe Bend Dam"<ref>{{cite book|title=Engineering Works of uCalgary|year=1915|page=14|url=http://www.ourfutureourpast.ca/loc_hist/page.aspx?id=3516152|access-date=2013-08-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170303181112/http://www.ourfutureourpast.ca/loc_hist/page.aspx?id=3516152|archive-date=2017-03-03|url-status=dead}}</ref>), serves as a reservoirdiversion forstructure nearbywhich communitiesroutes andwater forthrough irrigationa canal into [[Lake Newell|Lake Newell Reservoir]] which supplies water to the majority of the vast[[County farmof Newell]] for purposes like [[irrigation]], recreation, and ranchthe landsCounty's surroundingdrinking Bassanowater.
 
The Bassano Dam holds the record for highest temperature in Alberta which is {{convert|43.3|C|F}}.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_data/daily_data_e.html?timeframe=2&hlyRange=%7C&dlyRange=1914-11-01%7C1935-12-31&mlyRange=1914-01-01%7C1935-12-01&StationID=2186&Prov=AB&urlExtension=_e.html&searchType=stnName&optLimit=yearRange&StartYear=1930&EndYear=1932&selRowPerPage=25&Line=0&searchMethod=contains&txtStationName=bassano&Day=1&Year=1931&Month=7#|title=Daily Data Report for July 1931 - Climate - Environment and Climate Change Canada|first=Environment and Climate Change|last=Canada|date=October 31, 2011|website=climate.weather.gc.ca}}</ref>
==Demographics==
{{Canada_CP_2001|pop=1,320|popDelta=+3.8%|landArea=5.15|popDensity=256.3|
medianAge=38.7|medianAgeM=36.4|medianAgeF=40.3|
privateDwell=536|medianHHIncome=42,074}}
 
The community has the name of Marquis de Bassano, a railroad promoter.<ref>{{cite book|title=Place-names of Alberta|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015070267029;view=1up;seq=20|year=1928|publisher=Geographic Board of Canada|___location=Ottawa|page=16}}</ref>
==Notable people==
*[[Jim Henshaw]] - Canadian voice actor
*[[Mike Toth]] - Sportscaster
 
== Demographics ==
==External link==
{{stack|[[File:Bassano Dam, Alberta.jpg|thumb|left|The Bassano Dam]]}}
*[http://www.bassano.ca Bassano.ca] - Official website
In the [[2021 Canadian census|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 {{percentage|{{#expr:1216-1206}}|1206|1}} from its 2016 population of 1,206. With a land area of {{cvt|5.23|km2}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|1216|5.23|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.<ref name=2021census>{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000202&geocode=A000248 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities) | publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] | date=February 9, 2022 | accessdate=February 9, 2022}}</ref>
*[http://www12.statcan.ca/english/Profil01/Details/details1.cfm?SEARCH=BEGINS&ID=10643&PSGC=48&SGC=4802039&DataType=1&LANG=E&Province=48&PlaceName=bassano&CMA=&CSDNAME=Bassano&A=&TypeNameE=Town&Prov= Statistics Canada 2001 Community Profile - Bassano, Alberta, Canada]
 
In the [[Canada 2016 Census|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 {{percentage|{{#expr:1206-1282}}|1282|1}} change from its 2011 population of 1,282. With a land area of {{convert|5.22|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|1206|5.22|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2016.<ref name=2016censusABmunis>{{cite web | url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/hlt-fst/pd-pl/Table.cfm?Lang=Eng&T=302&SR=1&S=86&O=A&RPP=9999&PR=48 | title=Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Alberta) | publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] | date=February 8, 2017 | access-date=February 8, 2017}}</ref>
 
== Infrastructure ==
{{Alberta}}
{{Explain|date=February 2022}}
The town has emergency medical services provided by [[Bassano Health Centre]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.albertahealthservices.ca/facilities.asp?pid=facility&rid=1000731|title=Page Error &#124; Alberta Health Services}}</ref>
 
== Notable people ==
{{Alberta-geo-stub}}
*[[Arno Doerksen]], Canadian politician; [[Alberta Legislature|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
 
== See also ==
{{coor title dm|50|47|N|112|28|W|region:CA_type:city}}
*[[List of communities in Alberta]]
*[[List of towns in Alberta]]
 
== References ==
[[Category:Towns in Alberta]]
{{Reflist}}
 
== External links ==
[[pt:Bassano (Alberta)]]
*{{official website}}
 
{{Geographic Location (8-way)
| Centre = Bassano
| North = [[Hussar, Alberta|Hussar]]
| Northeast = [[Hanna, Alberta|Hanna]]
| East = [[Duchess, Alberta|Duchess]]
| Southeast = [[Brooks, Alberta|Brooks]]
| South = [[Lomond, Alberta|Lomond]]
| Southwest = [[Milo, Alberta|Milo]]
| West = [[Gleichen, Alberta|Gleichen]]
| Northwest = [[Hussar, Alberta|Hussar]]
}}
 
{{coord|50|47|N|112|28|W|region:CA_type:city_scale:60000|name=Bassano|display=title}}
{{Subdivisions of Alberta|towns=yes}}
 
{{Authority control}}
 
[[Category:1909 establishments in Alberta]]
[[Category:Towns in Alberta]]