Cowley, Alberta

Cowley
Cowley
Village
	Village of Cowley
	Looking east at Cowley on AB3 (Crowsnest Highway)
	Cowley Location of Cowley in Alberta
	Coordinates: 49°34′03.7″N 114°04′08.7″W / 49.567694°N 114.069083°W
Country	Canada
Province	Alberta
Region	Southern Alberta
Census division	3
Municipal district	Municipal District of Pincher Creek No. 9
Incorporated
• Village	August 16, 1906
Government
• Mayor	Garry Hackler (Deputy)
• Governing body	Cowley Village Council
Area (2021)
• Land	1.36 km2 (0.53 sq mi)
Elevation	1,175 m (3,855 ft)
Population (2021)
• Total	216
• Density	159.2/km2 (412/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−7 (MST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−6 (MDT)
Area code(s)	+1-403, +1-587
Highways	Highway 3; Highway 510
Waterway	Oldman River Reservoir
Website	cowley.ca

Cowley is a village in southern Alberta, Canada. It is west of Lethbridge and surrounded by the Municipal District of Pincher Creek No. 9.

It was settled in the 1880s and named by a rancher. Cowley Post Office opened in 1900, and in 1906 Cowley was incorporated as village. The community's name is a combination of "cow" and "lea".^[5]

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Cowley had a population of 216 living in 96 of its 110 total private dwellings, a change of 3.3% from its 2016 population of 209. With a land area of 1.36 km² (0.53 sq mi), it had a population density of 158.8/km² (411.4/sq mi) in 2021.^[3]

In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Cowley recorded a population of 209 living in 100 of its 113 total private dwellings, a change of -11.4% from its 2011 population of 236. With a land area of 1.37 km² (0.53 sq mi), it had a population density of 152.6/km² (395.1/sq mi) in 2016.^[6]

Arts and culture

Cowley was featured in the 2005 motion picture Brokeback Mountain as the fictional town of Signal, Wyoming.^{[citation needed]}

Cowley is featured on a 17c postage stamp issued by Canada Post in 1980 (August 27) to mark the 75th anniversary of the creation of the Province of Alberta.