Bassano, Alberta


Bassano is a town in Alberta, Canada. It is located on the Trans-Canada Highway approximately southeast of Calgary and northwest of Medicine Hat. It is also on the main line of the Canadian Pacific Railway. A short distance south of the town is the Bassano 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 56 degrees.
The community has the name of Marquis de Bassano, a railroad promoter.

Demographics

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, it had a population density of in 2016.
In the 2011 Census, the Town of Bassano had a population of 1,282 living in 542 of its 585 total dwellings, a -4.7% change from its 2006 population of 1,345. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2011.
The population of the Town of Bassano according to its 2007 municipal census is 1,390.

Infrastructure

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

Notable people