Westward Ho

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

City facts

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Overview

Westward Ho is an unincorporated community in Alberta, Canada within Mountain View County. It is located approximately 50 kilometers northwest of Calgary, just west of the intersections of Highway 22 and Highway 27 between Olds and Sundre. There is a general store with a gas bar also located here.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Gord Miller

Canadian sportscaster

Austin Fyten

Canadian ice hockey player

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

Nearby places in Alberta

• Cartier Creek Hamlet
  16.4 mi away
• Dickson
  20.5 mi away · pop. 58
• Summer Village of Burnstick Lake
  21 mi away
• Caroline
  23 mi away
• Madden
  26.9 mi away
• Boundary
  30.8 mi away
• Pine Hill Hutterite Colony
  31.2 mi away
• May City Hutterite Colony
  32.6 mi away
• Hespero
  37 mi away
• Valley View Hutterite Colony
  38.1 mi away
• Neudorf Hutterite Colony
  38.4 mi away
• Torrington
  39.2 mi away · pop. 239

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Geography & sun

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

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Psathyrella epimyces

Psathyrella epimyces

Seen 2026-09-13

Opisthius richardsoni

Opisthius richardsoni

Seen 2026-09-08

deceiver

Laccaria laccata

Seen 2026-09-07

Downy Woodpecker

Dryobates pubescens

Seen 2026-09-07

Grey Knight

Tricholoma terreum

Seen 2026-09-06

Blewit

Collybia nuda

Seen 2026-09-06

common bird's nest fungus

Crucibulum laeve

Seen 2026-09-06

Cedar Waxwing

Bombycilla cedrorum

Seen 2026-09-06

Yellow Deer Mushroom

Pluteus chrysophlebius

Seen 2026-09-06

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