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Vauxhall Alberta Information

Vauxhall is a town in southern Alberta, Canada that is surrounded by the Municipal District of Taber. It is on Highway 36 (Veteran Memorial Highway) approximately 36 km (22 mi) north of Taber, 69 km (43 mi) south of Brooks and 114 km (71 mi) west of Medicine Hat. It is situated in the prairie land between Bow River and Oldman River. _x000D_ Vauxhall is known as the “Potato Capital of the West.” _x000D_ In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Town of Vauxhall had a population of 1,286 living in 436 of its 457 total private dwellings, a change of 5.2% from its 2016 population of 1,222. With a land area of 2.71 km2 (1.05 sq mi), it had a population density of 474.5/km2 (1,229.0/sq mi) in 2021. _x000D_ In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Town of Vauxhall recorded a population of 1,222 living in 413 of its 458 total private dwellings, a -5.1% change from its 2011 population of 1,288. With a land area of 2.72 km2 (1.05 sq mi), it had a population density of 449.3/km2 (1,163.6/sq mi) in 2016. _x000D_ The town is served by the Vauxhall Airport, located 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) south of the town. _x000D_ The Town of Vauxhall is served by two schools, Vauxhall High School and Vauxhall Elementary School. _x000D_ Like much of southern Alberta, Vauxhall experiences a semi-arid climate (Köppen climate classification BSk). In winter the community is prone to a Chinook wind which blows off the Rocky Mountains. This can bring periods of extremely warm temperatures relative to what would normally be seen at that time of year. The highest temperature ever recorded in Vauxhall was 40.6 °C (105 °F) on 16 July 1919 and 20 July 1921. The coldest temperature ever recorded was ?48.9 °C (?56 °F) on 12 January 1916. _x000D_ _x000D_ Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vauxhall,_Alberta