The Paskapoo Formation is a stratigraphic unit of Middle to Late Paleocene age in the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin.

[2] The Paskapoo underlies much of southwestern Alberta,[3] and takes the name from the Blindman River (paskapiw means 'He is blind' in Cree[4]).

[5] It is important for its freshwater aquifers, its coal resources, and its fossil record, as well as having been the source of sandstone for the construction of fire-resistant buildings in Calgary during the early 1900s.

The Paskapoo Formation is of fluvial origin and consists primarily of sandstones, siltstones and mudstones, with lesser amounts of pebble-conglomerate and coal, and minor bentonite.

Thick coal seams that formed in well-developed swamps are present only in the youngest portion of the formation, which is preserved near Hinton.

[6] Although some early workers included the underlying Scollard Formation as the lower part of the Paskapoo, the two are now treated separately.

[6] The base of the Paskapoo Formation, designated the Haynes Member, consists primarily of cliff-forming sandstones and pebble-conglomerates, interbedded with lesser amounts of siltstone and mudstone.

[11] The lower boundary has been defined as the erosional base of the first prominent sandstone above the Ardley coal zone of the Scollard Formation.

It is of high-volatile bituminous rank with a low sulphur content, and it was shipped to markets in eastern Canada and the Pacific Rim.