Stand Off

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Stand Off

Coordinates49.46°, -113.30°

Demographic figures from Statistics Canada. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Stand Off is an unincorporated community in southern Alberta, Canada within the Blood (Kainai) reserve. It is on Highway 2, approximately 43 km 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).

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Faye HeavyShield

Canadian artist (born 1953)

W

Winston Day Chief

Canadian ice hockey player

E

Eugene Brave Rock

Canadian actor and stunt man

G

Gerald Tailfeathers

Native Canadian Painter and Sculptor, 1925-1975; Native Canadian Painter/Sculptor

M

Marie Smallface Marule

Canadian academic administrator, activist, and educator

P

Pete Standing Alone

rancher, educator, and First Nations activist

L

Leon Goodstriker

actor

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Alberta

• Standoff Hutterite Colony
  1.6 mi away
• Riverside Hutterite Colony
  6.8 mi away
• Greenwood Hutterite Colony
  8.7 mi away
• Ewelme Hutterite Colony
  8.9 mi away
• Levern
  10.3 mi away
• Thomson Hutterite Colony
  11.2 mi away
• West Raley Hutterite Colony
  12.1 mi away
• Spring Valley Hutterite Colony
  13.2 mi away
• Moses Lake
  17.5 mi away
• Cardston
  18.1 mi away
• Fort Macleod
  18.8 mi away
• East Cardston Hutterite Colony
  18.9 mi away

Browse all places in Alberta →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Stand Off

Give more love

Ringo Starr · 2017

Too bad

Robert Kroetsch · 2010

Sacrifice And Liberty

Faisal Tehrani. · 2012

A TOUR OF THE WORLD

Malik Mansab Khan · 2025

Search results from Open Library.

Recent natural events nearby

• Wildfire Skillet, Lincoln, Montana
  Wildfires · 2026-07-29 · 98 mi
• Wildfire Deer Creek, Lincoln, Montana
  Wildfires · 2026-08-20 · 121 mi
• Wildfire Camp Creek, Powell, Montana
  Wildfires · 2026-08-21 · 141 mi
• Wildfire Parker Lake, Boundary, Idaho
  Wildfires · 2026-08-23 · 156 mi
• Wildfire Middle Coulee, Chouteau, Montana
  Wildfires · 2026-08-02 · 159 mi
• Wildfire Silver, Boundary, Idaho
  Wildfires · 2026-08-23 · 163 mi
• Wildfire Dudley, Shoshone, Idaho
  Wildfires · 2026-08-26 · 179 mi
• Wildfire Moose Mountain, Clearwater, Idaho
  Wildfires · 2026-07-30 · 206 mi

Wildfires, storms and other events from NASA EONET (last 12 months, within 250 mi).

Recently spotted species

Swainson's Hawk

Buteo swainsoni

Seen 2026-09-11

Coyote

Canis latrans

Seen 2026-09-04

Brown Trout

Salmo trutta

Seen 2026-08-04

Pink-faced jewel beetle

Buprestis lyrata

Seen 2026-07-29

Great Blue Heron

Ardea herodias

Seen 2026-07-27

Ten-petal Stickleaf

Mentzelia decapetala

Seen 2026-07-23

Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth

Malacosoma disstria

Seen 2026-07-23

field penny-cress

Thlaspi arvense

Seen 2026-07-22

Wood Lily

Lilium philadelphicum

Seen 2026-07-14

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).