Bashaw, Alberta
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|official_name = Town of Bashaw
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|settlement_type = Town
|motto = We want you here with us
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|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = Canada
|subdivision_type1 = Province
|subdivision_name1 = Alberta
|subdivision_type2 = Region
|subdivision_name2 = Central Alberta
|subdivision_type3 = Census division
|subdivision_name3 = 10
|subdivision_type4 = Municipal district
|subdivision_name4 = Camrose County
|government_footnotes = {{AMOS}}
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|leader_title = Mayor
|leader_name = Robert McDonald
|leader_title1 = Governing body
|leader_name1 = Bashaw Town Council
|leader_title2 = MP
|leader_name2 = Damien Kurek (Crowfoot)
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|established_title = Founded
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|established_title1 = Incorporated{{cite web | url=http://www.municipalaffairs.alberta.ca/cfml/MunicipalProfiles/basicReport/TOWN.PDF | publisher=Alberta Municipal Affairs | title=Location and History Profile: Town of Bashaw | page=22 | date=October 7, 2016 | access-date=October 16, 2016}}
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|established_title2 = • Village
|established_date2 = August 18, 1911
|established_title3 = • Town
|established_date3 = May 1, 1964
| area_land_km2 = 2.72
| population_as_of = 2021
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| population_total = 848
| population_density_km2 = 311.9
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|timezone = MST
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|utc_offset_DST = −6
|coordinates = {{coord|52|35|0|N|112|58|17|W|region:CA-AB|display=inline,title}}
|elevation_m = 793
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|postal_code_type = Postal code span
|postal_code = T0B-0H0
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|blank_name = Highways
|blank_info = Highway 21
Highway 53
|blank1_name = Waterways
|blank1_info = Buffalo Lake
Red Deer Lake
|website = {{official website|www.townofbashaw.com}}
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Bashaw {{IPAc-en|ˈ|b|æ|ʃ|ɔː}} is a town in central Alberta, Canada. It is at the junction of Highway 21 and Highway 53.
The community has the name of Eugene Bashaw, an original owner of the town site.{{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}}
Post office dates from 1910.{{Cite book|last=Hamilton|first=William|title=The Macmillan Book of Canadian Place Names|publisher=Macmillan|year=1978|isbn=0-7715-9754-1|location=Toronto|pages=20}}
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Town of Bashaw had a population of 848 living in 381 of its 415 total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:848-830}}|830|1}} from its 2016 population of 830. With a land area of {{cvt|2.72|km2}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|848|2.72|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.{{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}}
In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Town of Bashaw recorded a population of 830 living in 379 of its 418 total private dwellings, a {{percentage|{{#expr:830-873}}|873|1}} change from its 2011 population of 873. With a land area of {{convert|2.99|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|830|2.99|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2016.{{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}}
=== Notable People ===
- Luke Orton Lindoe (1913–2000), renowned Canadian painter, sculptor, potter, businessman and ceramic artist.https://www.gallerieswest.ca/magazine/stories/luke-lindoe%27s-life-in-clay/
See also
References
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External links
- {{official website}}
{{Geographic location
| Centre = Bashaw
| North = Ferintosh
| Northeast = Edberg
| East = Donalda
| Southeast = Stettler
| South = Alix
| Southwest = Lacombe
| West = Ponoka
| Northwest = Wetaskiwin
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{{Subdivisions of Alberta|towns=yes}}