Priddis Acreages for Sale

Priddis and Foothills County

Priddis is an unincorporated hamlet under Foothills County, not Rocky View County, which is the county for Springbank, Elbow Valley and Bragg Creek. Set in the foothills at roughly 1,160 metres, it lies southwest of where Highway 22 (the Cowboy Trail) meets Highway 22X, about 10 km west of the Calgary city limits. Being in another county means Priddis acreages for sale fall under Foothills County's permits, land use bylaw and school division. Keep that in mind when you compare it with land north of the Elbow River.

Routes to Calgary

The hamlet is right at the junction of Highway 22 and Highway 22X. Highway 22X runs east toward Calgary, while Highway 22 goes north toward Bragg Creek and Highway 8. People who work in south Calgary often consider this area.

Priddis Greens

Roughly 6 km west of Priddis lies Priddis Greens, a separate hamlet that Foothills County also governs. It is about 20 km southwest of Calgary and 13 km southeast of Bragg Creek. Its two residential nodes sit next to the Priddis Greens Golf & Country Club, a private club with two 18-hole courses that has hosted the Canadian Women's Open. If you are buying in Priddis Greens, find out whether the home belongs to a condominium or homeowners' association and get the documents. For public courses in the city, see our golf courses page.

A local landmark

Close to the hamlet of Priddis, about 20 km southwest of Calgary, is the University of Calgary's Rothney Astrophysical Observatory. It is a research facility, open to the public only for scheduled programs.

School division

Foothills School Division serves Foothills County from kindergarten to Grade 12. Its headquarters is in High River, and it also serves Okotoks, Millarville and the surrounding county. Address determines both designated schools and bus eligibility; the division offers a school boundary search and a bus eligibility check. Kelly confirms both for any Priddis property before you buy. To compare with the Calgary boards, visit our schools page.

Kelly's Priddis checklist

Wells

Most acreages in the area depend on a private well. Alberta's water rules let the landowner or occupant use groundwater for the household without a licence up to 1,250 cubic metres per household per year; above that, horses, livestock or irrigation may need a licence or registration. Drilling reports and yield tests are in the public Alberta Water Well Information Database, so we look up the record for the property's well and for nearby wells, and we suggest testing flow and quality.

Septic systems

Private sewage systems have to meet the Alberta Private Sewage Systems Standard of Practice (2021), and installation permits can only be obtained by contractors holding a certificate of competency. Request the permit, the system type and the pump-out history.

Zoning

Foothills County has a Land Use Bylaw of its own. Residential districts include Country Residential, Country Estate Residential, Cluster Residential and Hamlet Residential, and each one has its own rules on buildings, animals and subdivision. Kelly confirms the parcel's current district and checks the title for caveats or covenants.

Wildfire

This is treed foothills land. After years of clean-ups, pruning and tree thinning, Priddis Greens residents received FireSmart Neighbourhood Recognition from FireSmart Canada, with grants that Foothills County administered through the Forest Resource Improvement Association of Alberta. The province's FireSmart Begins at Home guide lists what to review on a property: vegetation close to the house, siding and roofing materials, and where fuel and firewood are kept.

How Priddis compares

Buyers often weigh Priddis acreages for sale against Bragg Creek and Elbow Valley, or against town life in Okotoks. The Calgary acreages overview lines them up together. Ask Kelly what is available in Priddis today.

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