Newer suburb · High River, Calgary

Hi-Wood Meadows and East

Newer east-side homes beside the highway shopping

Families with kids
Buyers wanting new builds
Commuters

Hi-Wood Meadows and East in context. Neighbouring areas link to their guides. Boundaries: City of Calgary and Statistics Canada.

At a glance

Hi-Wood Meadows and the east side are High River's newest neighbourhoods, with detached houses, townhouses and the town's main grocery and big-box shopping close to Highway 2. About 56% of homes are detached and 14% are apartments, 24% of households rent, and owners valued the median home at about $305K in the 2021 census.

Median home value (est.): $382K^*
Residents: 6,620
Households renting: 24%
Homes that are apartments: 14%

What the numbers mean

Owners valued the median home at $305K in the 2021 census. Indexed to September 2026 prices with the Calgary MLS® Home Price Index (+25% since then), that is about $382K, 30% below the Calgary-area towns median of $543K. It is an estimate: the index tracks the whole region, not this neighbourhood.
24% of households rent, well below the 34% city-wide. Most people here own and stay a while.
17% are 65 or older, versus 13% city-wide, a sign of long-time residents and a settled pace.

Who lives here

Share of residents by age, scaled estimate for mid-2025, up from 5,566 at the 2021 census.

0-1420%

15-198%

20-245%

25-3410%

35-4414%

45-5413%

55-6413%

65+17%

Homes

Share of homes by type, scaled estimate for mid-2025, up from 5,566 at the 2021 census.

Single-detached65%

Semi-detached6%

Row house12%

Duplex flat1%

Apartment under 5 storeys16%

Apartment 5+ storeys0%

Upfront closing costs¹

Alberta has no land transfer tax; the Land Titles transfer fee is about 0.1% of the price. Government fees at the median home price: This uses the census home value indexed to September 2026 prices, so treat it as an estimate.

Land title transfer fee: $430

Schools²

2 public schools are mapped in Hi-Wood Meadows and East.
Elementary grades at 2.
4 public schools lie within 2 km of its edge.

Holy Spirit AcademyElementary · The Christ the Redeemer Catholic Separate School Division
Senator Riley SchoolElementary and junior high · The Foothills School Division

The school nearest the house may not be the school your child is assigned to. School boards assign a designated school by street address, and a neighbourhood can be split across several or have none inside its boundary. Use your school board’s school locator with the exact address before you rely on a school.

We don’t rate schools: test results are not comparable across provinces, so a school’s quality is something to ask about on a visit.

How it's changing

These municipalities don't publish building permits by neighbourhood, so we can't chart construction here yet.

Safety

Neighbourhood-level crime figures aren't available for High River. Policing there is by the RCMP or a municipal police department, and neither publishes open crime counts by neighbourhood. Check Statistics Canada's crime tables for municipality-wide trends, and the local police website for crime maps. Why this is missing.