Stand Off, Alberta

Stand Off
Stand Off
Locality
	Stand Off community water tower
	Stand Off Location of Stand Off in Alberta Stand Off Stand Off (Canada)
	Coordinates: 49°16′26″N 113°11′02″W / 49.274°N 113.184°W
Country	Canada
Province	Alberta
Region	Southern Alberta
Planning region	South Saskatchewan
Population
• Total	682
Time zone	UTC−7 (MST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−6 (MDT)

Stand Off (Tattsikiitapi / ᒣᒧᐧᖽᒣᑯ) is an unincorporated community in southern Alberta, Canada within the Blood (Kainai) reserve. It is on Highway 2, approximately 43 km (27 miles) southwest of Lethbridge and 30 km (19 mi) north of Cardston. The people living in Stand Off and on the reserve are a part of the Blackfoot Nation of Canada and the United States. The Blood Tribe (Nation) has the largest landmass in all eleven Numbered Treaties in Canada, (1871–1921).^{[citation needed]}

Education

Stand Off is home to Red Crow Community College founded in 1986. The institution has had more than 2000 graduates since its opening, representing 16 percent of the reserve population.

Demographics

Stand Off recorded a population of 682 in the 1991 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada.^[1]

Notable people

Eugene Brave Rock (born c. 1978), an actor and stuntman, was born and raised in Stand Off.

Gallery

Red Crow College Main Campus
Stand-Off Health Centre

References

^ ^a ^b 91 Census (PDF). Population and Dwelling Counts. Vol. Unincorporated Places. Ottawa: Statistics Canada. June 1993. Retrieved December 14, 2021.

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[1991census-1] 91 Census (PDF). Population and Dwelling Counts. Vol. Unincorporated Places. Ottawa: Statistics Canada. June 1993. Retrieved December 14, 2021.

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