Cypress County is a municipal district in southeastern Alberta, Canada that surrounds the City of Medicine Hat and the Town of Redcliff.
Cypress County has a semiarid climate[5] with cold, dry winters and warm to hot summers.
The winter cold is occasionally tempered by mild and dry chinook winds blowing from the west.
Hot summer daytime temperatures are made tolerable by low humidity and rapid cooling in the evening hours.
Cypress County is served by the Federal Electoral Division of Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner and represented in the House of Commons of Canada by Conservative MP Glen Motz.
[3] The Trans-Canada enters the eastern part of the County near Walsh and travels west through Dunmore and on to Medicine Hat.
From Medicine Hat the highway travels in a north westerly direction passing near Suffield and on to Calgary.
The Crowsnest highway enters the County near Seven Persons and travels in a north westerly direction to Medicine Hat.
Highway 41 begins at the U.S. border (Port of Wild Horse) and passes through the county in a northerly direction.
[3] The line enters the eastern part of the county near Walsh and travels west through Dunmore and on to Medicine Hat.
From Medicine Hat the line travels in a north westerly direction passing near Suffield and on to Calgary.
A secondary line joins the main at Dunmore and travels in a south westerly direction passing near Seven Persons and on to Lethbridge.
Services include agricultural programs, road maintenance, bylaw enforcement, land use planning, development advice and approvals, fire protection, recreation, street lighting, waste collection, recycling, water and sewer, emergency services, and family and community support.