Located in East-Central Alberta within the Canadian Badlands, Hanna is approximately 2 hours north-east of Calgary.  Hanna is situated at the junction of two major highways, #9 extends east and west and is the main transportation route between Calgary and Saskatoon and #36 extends North and South.  Highway #36 was selected as an appropriate highway to remember Alberta Veterans because it runs most of the length of the province for 626 kilometers from Warner to Lac La Biche.  Approximately 2500 vehicles travel the Veterans Memorial Highway each day.

Hanna is 215 km northeast of Calgary, 304 km southeast of Edmonton and it is 330 km to the Coutts/Sweetgrass Border Crossing into the United States of America.  To find out the distance from Hanna to other major cities, refer to the chart below: