Medicine Hat Rentals

Medicine Hat, or as you would call it if you were a local "The Hat," is a wonderful place to live! Easily accessible by the Trans-Canada Highway, Medicine Hat is located in the southeastern corner of Alberta. Medicine Hat is the perfect size - just under 60,000 people live here. The area is generally flat and has some rolling hills. The winters here are cold and dry, but the summers are warm with generally low humidity. The weather here makes Medicine hat a favorite among seniors as a place to retirees. To keep these folks here active, the city has several golf courses - the Medicine Hat Golf and Country Club, the Connaught Golf Course, the Cottonwood Golf Course, the Paradise Valley Par 3, the Ross Creek par 3, the Riverview Golf Course, and the Links at Desert Blume.

Medicine Hat is home to a college of the same name - Medicine Hat College, which opened in 1965, and hosts over 2,500 students.

There are numerous named neighbourhoods here. North Flats; South Flats; SE Hill; SW Hill; Riverside; River Heights; Crescent Heights; Parkview; Ranchlands; Southview; Park Meadows; Crestwood; Ross Glen; South Ridge (this part of the city continues to be considered the "boom area with a steady increase of residents); South Vista Heights; Saamis Heights; and Southlands. Neighbourhoods are exciting to us, because that is what our site is all about. Remember, if you live in Medicine Hat and have a home or apartment rental, you may post an ad for free on this page!

The Medicine Hat News is the daily newspaper here.

One more note on the population of the area. The number has continued to grow, which is a good sign that the area is stable and has jobs. In 1980, for example, the population here was just under 40,000. In 1983, it was just about 41,000. In 1994, it grew to about 50,000. In 2005, it was at about 56,000. A nice growth curve! Over 48% of the folks here have internet access, so if you are web or technology person, that is good news.