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Stand Off
Locality
Stand Off community water tower
Stand Off community water tower
Stand Off is located in Alberta
Stand Off
Stand Off
Location in Alberta
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 is an unincorporated community in southern Alberta, Canada within the Blood (Kainai) Indian reserve. It is on Highway 2, approximately 43 kilometres (27 mi) southwest of Lethbridge and 30 kilometres (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 Treaties in Canada, (1871-1921).

Demographics

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

Notable people

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