Established suburb · High River, Calgary

Highwood and West

Golf, the hospital and George Lane Park on the west side

Long-term owners
Families with kids
Nature lovers

Highwood and West in context. Neighbouring areas link to their guides. Boundaries: City of Calgary and Statistics Canada.

At a glance

Highwood and West covers the west side of town: detached houses around the Highwood Golf and Country Club, the hospital and George Lane Park. About 46% of homes are detached and 2% are apartments, 13% of households rent, and owners valued the median home at about $383K in the 2021 census.

Median home value (est.): $479K^*
Residents: 4,310
Households renting: 13%
Homes that are apartments: 2%

What the numbers mean

Owners valued the median home at $383K in the 2021 census. Indexed to September 2026 prices with the Calgary MLS® Home Price Index (+25% since then), that is about $479K, 12% below the Calgary-area towns median of $543K. It is an estimate: the index tracks the whole region, not this neighbourhood.
13% of households rent, well below the 34% city-wide. Most people here own and stay a while.
35% are 65 or older, versus 13% city-wide, a sign of long-time residents and a settled pace.
Housing is a mix: 2% apartments, with the rest townhouses, duplexes and houses.

Who lives here

Share of residents by age, scaled estimate for mid-2025, up from 3,621 at the 2021 census.

0-1415%

15-195%

20-243%

25-348%

35-4411%

45-5410%

55-6414%

65+35%

Homes

Share of homes by type, scaled estimate for mid-2025, up from 3,621 at the 2021 census.

Single-detached46%

Semi-detached41%

Row house11%

Duplex flat1%

Apartment under 5 storeys2%

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: $530

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.