| Cowley | |
| Official Name: | Village of Cowley |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada Alberta |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Cowley in Alberta |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Alberta |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Southern Alberta |
| Subdivision Type3: | Census division |
| Subdivision Name3: | 3 |
| Subdivision Type4: | Municipal district |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Garry Hackler (Deputy) |
| Leader Title1: | Governing body |
| Leader Name1: | Cowley Village Council |
| Leader Title3: | MLA |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Established Title1: | Incorporated[1] |
| Established Date1: | |
| Established Title2: | • Village |
| Established Date2: | August 16, 1906 |
| Area Footnotes: | (2021) |
| Area Land Km2: | 1.36 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Total: | 216 |
| Population Density Km2: | 159.2 |
| Timezone: | MST |
| Utc Offset: | −7 |
| Timezone Dst: | MDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −6 |
| Coordinates: | 49.5677°N -114.0691°W |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [2] |
| Elevation M: | 1175 |
| Area Code: | +1-403, +1-587 |
| Blank Name: | Highways |
| Blank Info: | Highway 3 Highway 510 |
| Blank1 Name: | Waterway |
| Blank1 Info: | Oldman River Reservoir |
Cowley is a village in southern Alberta, Canada. It is west of Lethbridge and surrounded by the Municipal District of Pincher Creek No. 9.
It was settled in the 1880s and named by a rancher. Cowley Post Office opened in 1900, and in 1906 Cowley was incorporated as village. The community's name is a combination of "cow" and "lea".[3]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Cowley had a population of 216 living in 96 of its 110 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 209. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.[4]
In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Cowley recorded a population of 209 living in 100 of its 113 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2011 population of 236. With a land area of 1.37km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[5]
Cowley was featured in the 2005 motion picture Brokeback Mountain as the fictional town of Signal, Wyoming.
Cowley is featured on a 17c postage stamp issued by Canada Post in 1980 (August 27) to mark the 75th anniversary of the creation of the Province of Alberta.