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Parliament Hill is about a 3,290 km drive from Brooks, via the Trans-Canada Highway.
A commuter bus service links Strathmore and Chestermere to downtown Calgary.
Part of the riding falls within Alberta’s Badland region, defined by its dry terrain formed by years of wind and water erosion. Small animals like rattlesnakes, scorpions, short-horned lizards, and rock wrens manage to make a home in the harsh region.
The Bow River is home to many species of fish including bull, cutthroat trout, rainbow, whitefish, and sturgeon.
About 17% of the riding’s population are immigrants, with some of the largest populations born in Mexico, the Philippines, and India.
German, Punjabi, and Tagalog are the most common non-official mother tongues in the riding.
Approximately 7% of the riding’s population identify as Aboriginal. Blackfoot is the most commonly spoken Indigenous language.
Average individual income is $54,639.
Taber’s annual Cornfest is a must-attend event for both locals and visitors.
Fishing enthusiasts flock here for the fly-fishing.
The Town of Vulcan is home to the Vulcan Tourism and Trek Station which is a visitor centre, memorabilia display, and gift shop that looks like a spacecraft. A large replica of one of the ships from the original Star Trek television series marks the entrance into town.
The Brooks Aqueduct and Dinosaur Provincial Park are notable attractions in the riding.
The town of Taber is known as Canada’s corn capital.
Helen Hunley, Alberta’s first female lieutenant governor, is from the village of Acme. The town’s name is Greek in origin, meaning “the highest point,” because in the early 1900s it was the most northerly stop on the Canadian Pacific Railway network.
The agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting industries dominate the riding’s economy, followed by jobs in manufacturing, construction, retail trade, and mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction.
The average price of a home here is $353,394.
Average individual income is $45,089 while the median income is $34,814.
About 46% of the workforce in Bow River has a postsecondary education of some kind – either a certificate, diploma, or degree.
The Green Acres Hutterite colony near Bassano runs what has been called the largest solar farm in western Canada. The Hutterites installed it to provide renewable energy for members of the colony and invested in it without government assistance. The solar energy also helps the colony operate a large-scale plastics recycling plant, Crowfoot Plastics.
A Canadian Pacific Railway surveyor bestowed the name of Vulcan on the town in 1910. He named it after the Roman god of fire.
Blackfoot Crossing Historical Park is a site steeped in history. This area was traditionally a bison-hunting and gathering place for the Siksika people and their allies in the Blackfoot Confederacy.
Indigenous communities in the riding include:
Treaty 7 Management Corporation
Siksika Nation
