Medicine Hat
Small city · Alberta · Population 63,271
People and homes
Who lives here and what homes are like, from the 2021 Census. Shown for context: these figures are never part of a score.
Who lives here
- Median age
- 42.4 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 41 years (estimated) · 2016: 40.6 years
- Average household size
- 2.3
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.4 · 2011: 2.3 · 2016: 2.3
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 40.7%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 50.2% · 2016: 43.6%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%16.8%2016: 17.6%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%11.2%2016: 11.5%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%25.2%2016: 26.1%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%25.8%2016: 27%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%21%2016: 17.7%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%21.6%2011: 24.3%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%29.4%2011: 29.4%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%9.1%2011: 8.7%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%31%2016: 29.3%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%8.8%2011: 8.6%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%11.9%2016: 13.9%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%30.5%2016: 30.2%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%11.4%2016: 11.6%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%27.6%2016: 28.9%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%18.6%2016: 15.4%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%95.9%2016: 95.8%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%3.7%2016: 3.8%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.4%2016: 0.5%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%89.6%2016: 89.9%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.9%2016: 1.1%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%9.5%2016: 9%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 14.1%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 15%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%70.9%2016: 71.4%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%29.1%2016: 28.6%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%63.4%2016: 64.2%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%5.7%2016: 5.6%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%6.4%2016: 6.5%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%1.8%2016: 2%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%18.7%2016: 17.9%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0.8%2016: 0.8%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%3.3%2016: 3.1%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%17.2%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%31.2%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%25.2%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%23.4%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%3%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%93%2016: 91.9%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%1.5%2016: 2.2%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%3.6%2016: 3.5%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.3%2016: 0.7%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.6%2016: 1.7%
Statistics Canada, 2021