| Bassano | |
| Official Name: | Town of Bassano |
| Settlement Type: | Town |
| Motto: | The Best in the West by a damsite |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada Alberta |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Bassano in Alberta |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Alberta |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Southern Alberta |
| Subdivision Type3: | Census division |
| Subdivision Name3: | 2 |
| Subdivision Type4: | Municipal district |
| Subdivision Name4: | County of Newell |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Blu Hale |
| Leader Title1: | Governing body |
| Leader Name1: | Bassano Town Council |
| Leader Title2: | MP |
| Leader Name2: | Martin Shields |
| Leader Title3: | MLA |
| Leader Name3: | Danielle Smith |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Established Title1: | Incorporated[1] |
| Established Date1: | |
| Established Title2: | • Village |
| Established Date2: | December 28, 1909 |
| Established Title3: | • Town |
| Established Date3: | January 16, 1911 |
| Area Footnotes: | (2021) |
| Area Land Km2: | 5.23 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 1216 |
| Population Density Km2: | 232.5 |
| Timezone: | MST |
| Utc Offset: | −7 |
| Timezone Dst: | MDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −6 |
| Coordinates: | 50.7842°N -112.4514°W |
| Elevation M: | 792 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code span |
| Area Code: | +1-403 |
| Blank Name: | Highways |
| Blank Info: | Highway 1 |
| Blank1 Name: | Waterways |
| Blank1 Info: | Crawling Valley Reservoir Bow River |
Bassano is a town in Alberta, Canada. It is located on the Trans-Canada Highway approximately 140km (90miles) southeast of Calgary and 160km (100miles) 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"[3]), 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 43.3C.[4]
The community has the name of Marquis de Bassano, a railroad promoter.[5]
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, it had a population density of in 2021.[6]
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 5.22km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[7]
The town has emergency medical services provided by Bassano Health Centre.[8]