Natural gas is gathered through pipe networks and processed in gas production plants near Hilda. Oil and gas production is extensive throughout the county. Mary River Irrigation District (SMRID) and other smaller water co-operatives. Agricultural sectors include ranching, wheat and oil seed crops, irrigated alfalfa and other specialty crops. Economy Īgriculture and the oil and gas industry are the primary economic activities within the county. In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Cypress County had a population of 7,662 living in 2,689 of its 3,222 total private dwellings, a 6.2% change from its 2011 population of 7,214. In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Cypress County had a population of 7,524 living in 2,658 of its 3,149 total private dwellings, a change of -1.8% from its 2016 population of 7,662. Maximum precipitation typically occurs in late spring and early summer. Hot summer daytime temperatures are made tolerable by low humidity and rapid cooling in the evening hours. The winter cold is occasionally tempered by mild and dry chinook winds blowing from the west. Alderson (dissolved from village status on January 31, 1936) Ĭypress County has a semiarid climate with cold, dry winters and warm to hot summers.This unusual geographic feature is a result of natural erosion of the surrounding prairie. The head is approximately 300 metres (980 ft) wide and 25 metres (82 ft) deep.

Here the landscape takes the form of a head wearing a feathered headdress. Extensive coulee systems have formed adjacent to major rivers resulting in badlands terrain. Major hydrological features include the South Saskatchewan and Milk rivers. The Cypress Hills region features mixed grasslands, wetlands and montane habitats. The Cypress County landscape is dominated by a shortgrass prairie ecosystem.

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