Land for sale in the Hanna area, Alberta
11 land and acreage listings in the Hanna area. Median asking price $260,000.
All listings in the Hanna area
| Listing | Price | Acres | Per acre | Water | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 79.4 acres Hanna |
$317,720 | 79.4 | $4,000/ac | below market | |
| 160 acres Special Areas No. 2 |
$739,900 | 160 | $4,624/ac | ||
| 22.3 acres Hanna |
$260,000 | 22.3 | $11,685/ac | near market | |
| 12 acres Hanna |
$489,000 | 12 | $40,750/ac | ||
| 2.5 acres Cereal |
$150,000 | 2.5 | $60,000/ac | near market | |
| 0.21-acre lot Hanna |
$27,900 | 0.21 | $132,857/ac | below market | |
| 6.9 acres County of Newell |
$1,600,000 | 6.9 | $230,548/ac | ||
| 0.09-acre lot Hanna |
$23,070 | 0.09 | $256,333/ac | below market | |
| 1 acre County of Newell |
$499,500 | 1 | $499,500/ac | ||
| Land Hanna |
$29,500 | Not stated | – | ||
| Land Hanna |
$30,500 | Not stated | – |
About the Hanna area
The area
This page covers census division No. 4, dry prairie in east-central Alberta that runs east to the Saskatchewan border. It spans about 21,100 km² and had about 9,200 people in 2021. Hanna is the largest place (about 2,400), followed by Oyen (about 920) and Consort (about 640). Most of the land sits in Special Areas No. 2, 3 and 4, with the small Municipal District of Acadia in the southeast; Veteran, Youngstown and Empress are villages. Cereal, a former village, has been a hamlet within Special Area No. 3 since 1 January 2021. The Special Areas' own plan lists badlands, the Neutral Hills, the Red Deer River and native prairie among its landscapes.
History
The Town of Hanna acknowledges the land as the traditional territory of the Blackfoot Confederacy (Siksika, Kainai, Piikani), the Tsuut'ina, the Îyâxe Nakoda Nations and the Métis Nation (Region 3), within Treaty 7. Hanna grew up in 1912 on the Canadian Northern Railway's Goose Lake line and became a town in 1914. Drought and the Depression of the 1930s hit the region so hard that in 1938 the province set up the Special Areas Board, a provincial Crown agency that still provides local government, roads, water and public land management.
Services and access
Hanna Health Centre and Big Country Hospital in Oyen both run 24-hour emergency departments with X-ray and lab. Hanna sits on Highway 9, about 214 km northeast of Calgary, and Oyen is at the junction of Highways 9 and 41. Calgary International Airport is the nearest with scheduled flights. Grain and cattle farming and oil and gas are the main industries; pipelines provide most of the Special Areas' municipal tax base, and the Sheerness Generating Station is near Hanna.
Land and climate
Rural homes in the Special Areas may use on-site water and private sewage systems. The Board also runs regional water lines, including the Henry Kroeger and Shirley McClellan lines, plus truck fills, and steers multi-lot housing toward piped water.
Before you buy
In the Special Areas, a development officer in each area office issues development permits under the Special Areas Land Use Order, which serves as the zoning bylaw. Palliser Regional Municipal Services handles building and safety codes permits and subdivision applications. In the MD of Acadia, the development officer or Municipal Planning Commission issues development permits under its land use bylaw, and Palliser handles subdivisions. The Special Areas Board manages about 2.5 million acres of public land, Crown and tax-recovery land that it leases to farmers and ranchers, mostly for grazing, along with oil and gas leases. Applications within 1.5 km of a sour gas facility are referred to the Alberta Energy Regulator. A controlled burn needs an online notification and the regional fire chief's approval first.
Sources
- Statistics Canada, 2021 Census population and dwelling counts (tables 98-10-0002, 98-10-0007)
- Special Areas Board, Municipal Development Plan (2021)
- Special Areas Board, planning and development
- Special Areas Board, public lands
- Special Areas Board, burn notice
- MD of Acadia, planning and development
- Town of Hanna, our heritage
- Town of Hanna, reconciliation
- Town of Oyen, maps and statistics
- Calgary International Airport
- Alberta Health Services, Hanna Health Centre
- Alberta Health Services, Big Country Hospital
Written by AcreScout from the sources listed; facts checked October 2, 2026. Rules change: confirm anything that matters with the municipality.