THE CANBY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Prairie Terraces setting.
Canby city has 4.77 square miles of land in Clackamas County. Its Census reference point is in Prairie Terraces, within Willamette Valley.
The Willamette River's floodplains and terraces sit among low hills and scattered buttes. The valley's prairie, oak and riparian landscape differs markedly from the conifer-covered mountains around it.
Regional context: Willamette Valley ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Canby and Clackamas County
Canby is associated with Clackamas County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Canby by land and water
The Census records 0.04 square miles of water within Canby, or 0.7% of its total area. That share is close to Clackamas County’s 0.7%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Canby city has 91.7 times the land area of nearby Barlow city (0.05 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

