Established suburb · High River, Calgary

Montrose and Southwest

Quiet southern streets at the edge of town

Families with kids
Long-term owners
Quiet streets

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

At a glance

This small southern part of High River is mostly detached houses on quiet streets between the downtown and the open prairie. About 71% of homes are detached and 7% are apartments, 17% of households rent, and owners valued the median home at about $332K in the 2021 census.

Median home value (est.): $416K^*
Residents: 1,260
Households renting: 17%
Homes that are apartments: 7%

What the numbers mean

Owners valued the median home at $332K in the 2021 census. Indexed to September 2026 prices with the Calgary MLS® Home Price Index (+25% since then), that is about $416K, 23% below the Calgary-area towns median of $543K. It is an estimate: the index tracks the whole region, not this neighbourhood.
17% of households rent, well below the 34% city-wide. Most people here own and stay a while.
27% are 65 or older, versus 13% city-wide, a sign of long-time residents and a settled pace.
71% of homes are single-family houses, versus 55% city-wide.

Who lives here

Share of residents by age, scaled estimate for mid-2025, up from 1,056 at the 2021 census.

0-1418%

15-196%

20-245%

25-346%

35-4413%

45-5412%

55-6414%

65+27%

Homes

Share of homes by type, scaled estimate for mid-2025, up from 1,056 at the 2021 census.

Single-detached71%

Semi-detached3%

Row house19%

Duplex flat0%

Apartment under 5 storeys7%

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: $470

Schools²

No public school is mapped inside Montrose and Southwest.
The closest is about 0.3 km from its edge in a straight line.
4 public schools lie within 2 km of its edge.

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.