Around Calgary
Surrounding towns and acreages.
Plenty of Calgary buyers end up just outside the city — for the commute, the price, or the land. These are the markets I work beyond the city limit.
Towns and cities within commuting distance, acreage and country-residential areas, and the Taza development on Tsuut’ina Nation land.
Part one
Towns & cities
Serviced municipalities with their own councils, utilities and school divisions — a house here works much like a house in Calgary.
Part two
Acreages & country residential
Land outside any town, governed by the county. Well water, septic fields, and rules set by Rocky View or Foothills County rather than The City of Calgary.
Part three
Tsuut’ina Nation
The Taza development sits immediately southwest of Calgary on Tsuut’ina Nation land. It is neither a Calgary community nor a county one, and the homes are leasehold rather than freehold — a genuine difference worth understanding before you shop there.
Where they are
Map
Calgary is shaded in the middle. Everything marked around it is outside the city. Click any marker to open that area.
Click any marker to open that area
Calgary’s shape is drawn from The City of Calgary’s community boundaries open data. The markers are approximate centre points for orientation — they are not boundaries, and an area like Bearspaw covers many thousands of acres around the point shown.
Worth knowing
What changes outside the city
The community data on this site — population, dwellings, sector, official boundaries — comes from The City of Calgary's open data, and it stops at the city limit. Rocky View, Foothills and Wheatland counties publish far less, so these pages carry fewer figures than the Calgary ones. I would rather show you nothing than a number I cannot stand behind.
School data is different: Alberta Education publishes provincial exam results for every school in the province, so schools outside Calgary can be covered to the same standard.
Not sure whether to look outside the city?
Tell me your commute, budget and what you want out of the move and I will tell you honestly whether it is worth it.
Talk to Kelly