Drumheller

Welcome

The rich, rolling farmlands suddenly break away to reveal an astonishing, twisting, turning canyon, walled with multi-colored layers of sandstone, mudstone and coal alternating with shale sequences. The rock layers date back to the Late Cretaceous Period, just before the demise of the dinosaurs. Drumheller is located in the Heart of the Canadian Badlands. We are one the few areas in the world where the sedimentary layers from earlier time periods have been scraped off by natural processes, exposing a rich cache of fossils and even complete dinosaur skeletons.

Drumheller is a favorite destination for over 500,000 visitors each year. We have over 50 attractions located within a 100 square kilometre area.

Today, the economy of Drumheller is fuelled by its booming tourism sector, vast
agricultural industry, and large oil and gas interests, and by the spirit, energy, and
ingenuity of our 7,800 citizens.

Drumheller offers the visitor and those contemplating taking up residence in the town a quality of life that has many larger city amenities but the pace and charm of a small town. The Town has an exciting history that goes back to the day when thousands of men worked underground in the coal mines, providing coal for a growing western Canada. Residential lots are reasonably priced for those wishing to build their home. For entrepreneurs, commercial and industrial lots are also available at reasonable prices. For those wishing to retire, no better area exists to be able to walk in comfort and safety. Come visit for a day, and you could stay for a lifetime.

For additional information, please visit our website at dinosaurvalley.com.

Yours very truly,

Bryce Nimmo
Mayor of Drumheller

Area Overview

Drumheller is located in the "Badlands" in East Central Alberta and is home to the world-famous Royal Tyrrell Museum, one of the largest palaeotological museums in the world.

The area's moderate climate [average 2,490 hours of sunshine annually], excellent education and recreational facilities, easy access to major city amenities, lower cost of living and relaxed atmosphere make for an excellent quality of life for the Town's residents.

Agriculture, tourism, and oil & gas production and manufacturing make up the main economic base of the area. [The gross value of farm produce sold in the Drumheller area in 1991 was more than $400 million.] Drumheller has a trading area population of approximately 40,000, and a population of over 1,000,000 within a 100 mile radius. Serviced municipal industrial parks with ample space are available in Drumheller. As well, numerous privately owned lots and buildings are available at very reasonable prices.

A full range of Federal, Provincial and Municipal services are available. There are also more than 40 non-governmental associations, service clubs and support groups, and more than 30 sports, recreation and social clubs. A complete directory of Community Services is available from the Town's Community Services Department.

Community Services

Municipal

Town of Drumheller
703 - 2nd Avenue West
Drumheller, Alberta
T0J 0Y3
Tel: 403-823-6300
Fax: 403-823-7739

Administrative Services
Community Services
Engineering and Transportation Services
Economic Development and Tourism
Public Library
Building Inspector
Building License
Manager
Handi-bus
Landfill Site
Mayor's Office
Recycling Association
Senior's Service
Teen Centre

Provincial

Agriculture
Community Corrections
Employment office
Family and Social Services
Fish & Wildlife
Medical Examiner-Coroner Mental Health Clinic
Public Works, Supply and Services
Provincial Court Transportation Provincial Parks
Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology

Federal

Canada Post
Solicitor General
Agriculture and Agri-food Canada
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Drumheller and District Community Futures

Community Lifestyle

Recreation
Local recreational facilities include the 2,500-seat Drumheller Memorial Arena, Drumheller Aquaplex, Drumheller Curling Rink, Drumheller Valley Ski Hill, 4 outdoor skating rinks, 14 ball diamonds, 3 tennis courts, 4 school gyms, a pathway system along the Red Deer River, an 18-hole golf course, 2 fitness centres, and a bowling lane.

Resort areas and parks include the Newcastle Beach Recreation Area, Midland Provincial Park, Community Parks (Nacmine, Rosedale, Wayne, Midland), and Riverview Park. In addition, there are numerous smaller parks throughout the Town (totalling over 150 acres) with the showpiece being a water fountain and spray park at Centennial Park which is one of Canada's highest.

Nearby provincial parks include Dry Island Buffalo Provincial Park and Little Fish Lake Provincial Park. Campgrounds include River Grove Campground, Dinosaur Trailer Park, Dinosaur Trail R.V. Resort, Bleriot Ferry Campground,Kokopelli Kampground and R.V. Park and 9 Community Campgrounds.

Community Organizations

 A full range of federal, provincial and municipal services are available in Drumheller.
There are also more than 40 non-governmental associations, service clubs and support groups, and more than 30 sports, recreation and social clubs. A complete directory of Community Services are available from the Town of Drumheller Community Services Department.

Some organizations include the Alberta Senior Citizen Sport and Recreation Club, Aquadinnies Swim Club, Big Country Antique and Classic Auto Club, Big Country Swingers, Churchill Centre Community Association, Dinosaur Trail Golf & Country Club, Drumheller & District Shooters Association, Drumheller & District Teen Society, Drumheller Community Challenge, Drumheller Curling Club, Drumheller Teen Centre, First Drumheller Beavers, Cubs and Scouts, 4-H Clubs, Girl Guides of Canada, Knox Singles Group, Midland Community Association, Nacmine Recreation Association and Hall, Navy League, Navy League of Canada Society, Newcastle Recreation Association, Recreation Department - Town of Drumheller, Rosedale Community Hall, Sea Cadets, Seishin Karate Club, Sports Teams, Tai Chi, Valley Figure Skating, Wayne Community Association, Big Country Swingers, Painters Guild, and the Potter's Guild.

Religious Facilities

Local religious facilities and groups include the Baha'i Faith, Bethany Lutheran Church, Catholic Woman's League, Knights of Columbus, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Church of the Nazarene, Dalum Lutheran Church, Delia Christian Fellowship, Drumheller Alliance Church, Drumheller Institutional Chaplains, Drumheller Ministerial Association, Elim Pentecostal Tabernacle, Fellowship Baptist Church, Grace Lutheran Church, Grace Lutheran Women's League, Jehovah's Witness Kingdom Hall, Knox United Church, Morrin United Church, Parkdale Baptist Church, Salvation Army, Seventh Day Adventist Church, St. Anthony's Catholic Church, St. Magloire's Anglican Church, United Church Women, and the Zion >Baptist Church.

Special Annual Event/Attractions

The world-famous Royal Tyrrell Museum is one of the largest palaeotological museums in the world. 4.5 billion years of the Earth's history is revealed, from the development of the planet to the emergence of dinosaurs, mammals and the living world today.
Drumheller is also home to the World's Largest Dinosaur (over 80 feet). Other nearby museums include the Atlas Coal Mine Museum, Drumheller Valley Interpretive Centre (formerly known as Drumheller Dinosaur and Fossil Museum), East Coulee School Museum, and The Homestead Museum.

Local theatre groups include the Canadian Badlands Passion Play, Drumheller and Area Allied Arts Council, Kaleidoscope Theatre, and the Rosebud School of the Arts.

Annual Events
March-Music Festival
June 9 2007-Beethoven in the Badlands sponsored by Drumheller Rotary Club June
July 1st Canada Day Celebrations
July 5-8 & 12-15, 2007 Canadian Badlands Passion Play
July 8th 2007 Motor Cycle Madness
July 2007 Kaleidoscope Theatre presents THE KING AND I
July 27-29 Richard Cosgrave Rodeo and WPCA Chuckwagons
August 2007 3 on 3 Basketball TBA
October 31st-Downtown Spooktacular
December 8 2007 Santa Claus Parade sponsored by Downtown Drumheller

Accommodation
Hotels & Motels

Badlands Motel
Drumheller Inn Ltd.
Hoodoo Motel
Last Chance Saloon
Travel Lodge Motor Inn
Rosedale Hotel
River Grove Cabins & Campground
The Lodge at Drumheller
New Waldorf Hotel
Best Western Jurassic Inn
Super 8 Motel
East Coulee Motor Inn
Ramada Hotel

Bed & Breakfasts & Country Inns

Faith Haven
Heartwood Manor
McDougall Lane
Newcastle Country Inn
Pearl's "Cabin"
River Bend
Silver Fox Country Inn
Taste the Past
The Victorian House

Campgrounds

Dinosaur Trailer Park
Dinosaur Trail RV Resort
Handhills High Country Hideaway
Kokopelli Kampground & RV Park
Pinter's Campground
River Grove Campground&Cabins
The Pope Lease Pines B&B and RV Resort
Orkney Campground
Restaurants

Drumheller boasts a wide range of dining experiences incuding;

Boston Pizza
The Quarry Restaurant
O'Sheas
Athens Greek Restaurant Steak and Pizza House
Cool Castle
Corner Stop Restaurant
Dairy Queen
Diana Restaurant
House of Chan
Dino's Family Restaurant and Pizza
A&W
Drumheller Inn
Fred & Barney's Family Restaurant
McDonald's
Pizza 249
Sizzling House
Smitty's Family Restaurant
Stavros Family Restaurant
Red's Sports Lounge
Subway
The Old Grouch
Whif's Flap Jack House
Capones
Tastee Deelite
Yavis Family Restaurant.

The Hoodoos

Economic Base

The economic base of Drumheller consists of natural resources [oil, gas, coal],
agriculture, tourism, service industry, hospital and the federal penitentiary.

The Town also has a very significant manufacturing base producing plastic goods.

Economic Facts

Major Businesses Products/Services

Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology Museum
Inland Plastics Plastics
W. Ralston Canada Inc.
Drumheller Institution Penitentiary
Oil and Gas Industry

Financial Institutions

Alberta Treasury Branch
Bank of Montreal
Bank of Nova Scotia
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
Chinook Credit Union
Royal Bank
Community Futures

Education

Drumheller is part of the Golden Hills Regional School Division #15, headquartered in Strathmore (Tel: 403-934-5121) and the Christ Redeemer Catholic Separate Regional School Division, headquartered in Okotoks (Tel: 403-938-2659).

Daycare/Nursery
Drumheller and District Family Day Home
Time For Tot's Day Homes
Hoo Doo Honey Bee Day Care
Bedrock Playschool

Public
Public schools in Drumheller include Greentree School [K-6], and Drumheller Composite
High School [7-12].

Separate
St. Anthony's School provides education for Grades K to 12

Private
N/A

Emergency Services

Fire Protection
Drumheller is served by a 50 member volunteer fire department

Emergencies dial 911
Administration call 823-1300

The department includes 10 apparatus including 3 pumpers, 3 tankers, 1- 105' aerial snorkel, rescue truck, 1 personnel carrier and a rescue boat. The Drumheller Fire Department operates out of three district halls, Rosedale, East Coulee and Drumheller.

Police Services
Drumheller is served by a local detachment of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police RCMP 

Emergencies dial 911
Administration call 823-7590

The Town detachment has 9 members 1 staff sergeant, 1 corporal and 7 constables, while the rural detachment has 4 members 1 corporal and 3 constables.

Ambulance Services
Ambulance service is provided through the hospital

Emergencies dial 911
Administration call 823-6500

Ambulances are housed and dispatched from the hospital. The staff are volunteers who have been trained in Basic Life Support. The ambulance has a dedicated phone line answered by nursing staff who dispatch the ambulances as necessary. Helicopter ambulance service out of Calgary (*STARS*) is utilized for critical transfers as required.

Drumheller also offers a co-ordinated 911 phone system for all emergency services.

Health Care

Drumheller District Health Services operates under Regional Health Authority 4 which is headquartered in Red Deer. It is an integration of health services comprised of three main areas -- the hospital, continuing care (nursing home and auxiliary hospital), and community health (public health) services.

The Drumheller hospital has 52 acute care beds and 110 continuing care beds. The complex provides primary, some secondary and geriatric care to residents of the Drumheller area. Services provided include emergency and outpatient care, medical, surgical, day surgery, pediatric, obstetric and newborn care, intensive care for cardiac and trauma. A broad range of diagnostic and therapeutic services are available including all support services. 24-hour coverage of physician and nursing care is provided.

The continuing care program offers respite care, palliative care and a day support program to assist families in the community who wish to keep their elderly at home as long as possible.

The Community Health branch provides services to Drumheller area residents and offers programs including community care (home care, Aids to Daily Living, speech language, pathology and respiratory care), environmental health services (environmental factors that may affect public health, community health nutrition, hereditary diseases programs). These services promote, protect, improve and maintain health within communities.

Our newly constructed $35 million regional hospital which, was completed in early 2002, provides all of the above-mentioned services under one roof.

The Drumheller Physicians Clinic has 13 physicians practising, including 1 specialist in surgery, 1 specialist in internal medicine, 1 specialist in obstetrics and gynaecology, 4 physicians in anesthetics, and 6 physicians in family practice. A physician is on call 24 hours a day. The clinic also runs an out-patient department and a laboratory on site.

Key Contacts for Business Development

Municipal (Updated January 2007)

Town of Drumheller
703 - 2nd Avenue West
Drumheller, Alberta
T0J 0Y3
Tel: 403-823-6300
Fax: 403-823-8006
e-mail: cao@dinosaurvalley.com
web: dinosaurvalley.com

Bryce Nimmo
Mayor of Drumheller
E-mail:mayor@dinosaurvalley.com

Raymond Romanetz
Chief Administrative Officer
Town of Drumheller
Tel: (403) 823-1308
Fax: (403) 823-8006
E-mail:rmroman@dinosaurvalley.com

Scott Blevins
Director of Community Services
Town of Drumheller
Tel:(403)-823-1316
Fax: (403) 823-7739
E-mail:sblevins@dinosaurvalley.com

Ray Telford
Economic Development Officer
Town of Drumheller
Tel: 403-823-1320
Fax: 403-823-7739
E-mail:rtelford@dinosaurvalley.com

Jerry Brett
Development Officer-Safety Codes
Town of Drumheller
Tel:(403) 823-1310
Fax:(403) 823-7739
E-mail:jbrett@dinosaurvalley.com

Heather Bitz
General Manager
Drumheller Regional Chamber of Development & Tourism
P.O. Box 999
Drumheller, Alberta
T0J 0Y0
Tel: (403) 823-8100
Fax: (403) 823-4469
E-mail:h.bitz@drumhellerchamber.com

Provincial (Updated January 2007)

Walter Valentini
Regional Manager
Alberta Economic Development
#300, 639 - 5th Avenue, SW
Calgary, Alberta
T2P 0M9
Tel: 403-297-8920
Fax: 403-297-6168
E-mail:walter.valentini@gov.ab.ca
E-mail:Jasleen.Skehon@gov.ab.ca

Jack Hayden (August 2007)
Member of the Legislative Assembly [MLA]
Drumheller-Stettler Constituency
Constituency Office 
Box 1929 
22-170 Centre Street
Drumheller AB
T0J 0Y0

Phone: (403) 823-8181
Fax: (403) 823-6586
drumheller.stettler@assembly.ab.ca

Legislature Office
#610 Legislature Annex 
9718 107 Street
Edmonton
T5K 1E4
Phone: (780) 427-1148
Fax: (780) 415-0951

Federal (Updated May 2006)

Member of Parliament-Crowfoot, Alberta
SORENSON, Kevin (Conservative)

Parliamentary Address
House of Commons
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0A6
Telephone: (613) 947-4608
Fax: (613) 947-4611
E-Mail: Sorenson.K@parl.gc.ca

Constituency Address
4945 - 50th Street
Camrose, Alberta
T4V 1P9
Telephone: (780) 608-4600 1-800-665-4358
Fax: (780) 608-4603
TTY:

Location

Distances from Drumheller
Calgary 138Km
Edmonton 279 Km
Banff 263 Km
Lethbridge 282 Km
Waterton 416 km
Vancouver 1114 Km
Saskatchewan Border 221 Km
BC Border 288 Km
USA Border 325 Km
Coutts 320 Km
Portland 1424 Km

Post Secondary Education

Drumheller residents have access to post-secondary institutions in Red Deer, Calgary and Edmonton, and through the Big Country Educational Consortium.

Taxation

	Residential/Farmland	Non-Residential
2005
Municipal Tax Rate	11.5665	11.5665
Education - Alberta School Foundation Fund Tax Rate	4.5692	6.9002
Education Opted Out Tax Rate	4.5692	6.9002

Mill Rates [2005]

Residential-(Public & Separate) 16.14
Non-Residential-(Public & Separate) 18.48

Transportation

Air Service
Drumheller maintains a local airport capable of handling small jet aircraft. An activeleisure flying club and the Badlands Parachute Club also make the airport their base of operation.

Rail Service
The Town of Drumheller is serviced by the main line of the C.N.R. from Calgary toSaskatoon (freight only).

Highways
Highways 56, 9, 10 and Secondary Roads 570, 573, 575, 576, 838, 849, and 849 provide direct access to Drumheller.

Trucking Firms
Drumheller is serviced by Hi-Way 9 Trucking Ltd. of Drumheller, a family owned operation. The firm has representation in Calgary, Edmonton, Red Deer, and services a large area of east central Alberta.

Bus Services
Drumheller is serviced by Greyhound of Canada and the Saskatchewan Transportation Company. Service includes Calgary to Drumheller and Edmonton.

Couriers and Taxis
Drumheller is serviced by all the major courier services, with local courier service that have working agreements with the majors. Purolator, Loomis, U.P.S., etc. Local M.I.K. Couriers.

Drumheller company(s) -- Classic Cabz of Drumheller, J B Taxi Services
Paratransit Services for the disabled and seniors is provided by the Valley Bus Society.

Utilities

Electrical Power
ATCO Electric Ltd.
180 - 3 Avenue West
Drumheller, Alberta
Tel: 403-823-3391

Natural Gas
AltaGas Utilities Inc.
501 Premier Road
Drumheller, Alberta
General Inquiry: 1-866-222-2067
Emergency 24 hr.: 1-866-222-2068

Telephone
TELUS
Tel: 403-310-2255

Television
Shaw Cable
(800) 400-9605

Regional CableSystems
(800) 465-1000

Water Supply

The quality of water in the Drumheller Valley is excellent. The water treatment system has the capacity to serve 15,000 residents. The town also supplies other municipalities in the area with water.

Water usage rates for residential and commercial users is $24.70 for the first 4,000 gallons plus $4.85 per 1,000 gallons thereafter.

Waste Management

The Drumheller landfill site has a life expectancy of 50 years. Drumheller serves as the base for the Drumheller and District Solid Waste Management Association that services 20 municipalities and a population of 27,000.

The sewage rate for residential users is $20.00 per month, while the sewage rate for commercial users ranges from $22.00 to $269.00 per month, depending on the class of business. Contact the Town of Drumheller for more details.

Population

Total Population 1991-2001

Drumheller Population by Age Group (2001)

Education Statistics

Drumheller Highest Level of Schooling 2001

Labour Force

Drumheller Labour Force By Industry - 2001

Income

Family Expenditure

Drumheller Family Expenditures (1996)

Building Permits

Total Housing Starts

Value of Building Permits

Dwellings

Projects

Summary of Projects in Drumheller as of December 2007

Value of Projects by Sector (as of December 2007)

Largest Projects in Drumheller as of December 2007