Mount Owen is located in Yoho National Park, in the Bow Range of the Canadian Rockies.

Mount Owen is more notable for its steep rise above local terrain than for its absolute elevation as topographic relief is significant with the summit rising approximately 1,700 meters (5,577 ft) above the Ottertail River Valley in 3 km (1.9 mi).

The nearest higher neighbor is Odaray Mountain, 5.54 km (3.44 mi) to the north-northeast.

[4][7] The mountain's toponym was officially adopted on March 31, 1924, by the Geographical Names Board of Canada.

[3] Mount Owen is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Jurassic periods.