Bassano is a town

Town

A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while...

 in Alberta

Alberta

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, Canada

Canada

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. It is located on the Trans-Canada Highway

Trans-Canada Highway

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 approximately 140 kilometres (87 mi) east of Calgary

Calgary

Calgary is a city in the Province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, approximately east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies...

 and 160 kilometres (99.4 mi) northwest of Medicine Hat. It is also on the main line of the Canadian Pacific Railway

Canadian Pacific Railway

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. A short distance south of the town is the Bassano Dam, which serves as a reservoir for nearby communities and for the irrigation

Irrigation

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 of the vast farm and ranch lands surrounding Bassano.

Demographics

The population of the Town of Bassano according to its 2007 municipal census is 1,390.

In 2006, Bassano had a population of 1,345 living in 554 homes, a 1.9% increase from 2001. The town has a land area of 5.16 km² (2 sq mi) and a population density

Population density

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 of 260.8 /km2.

Notable people

• Jim Henshaw
  Jim Henshaw
  Jim Henshaw is a professional actor, screenwriter and film and television producer.The first Actor graduate of the University of Saskatchewan, he began his professional career in 1971...
  
   – Canadian voice actor
• Mike Toth
  Mike Toth
  Mike Toth is a Canadian sports anchor, formerly on Rogers Sportsnet Sportsnet Connected and with the Fan 590 in Toronto. He grew up in Bassano, Alberta. He was previously a sports anchor for TSN's SportsCentre...
  
   – Sportscaster
• Joseph B. Martin
  Joseph B. Martin
  Joseph Boyd Martin, is currently Professor of Neurobiology at Harvard Medical School. Previous to that, he served as the Dean of Harvard Medical School before stepping down on June 30, 2007.- Career :...
  
   – Dean of Harvard Medical School 1997–2007

External links

• Bassano.ca – Official website
• Statistics Canada 2001 Community Profile – Bassano, Alberta, Canada