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Population and houses counts

Population in 2006
Medicine Hat68,822
Census agglomeration's average35,727

Population in 2001
Medicine Hat61,735
Census agglomeration's average34,338

2001 to 2006 population change
Medicine Hat11.5 %
Census agglomeration's average3.4 %
Alberta10.6 %

Total private dwellings
Medicine Hat29,506
Census agglomeration's average15,666

Private houses/condos occupied by usual residents
Medicine Hat27,882
Census agglomeration's average14,633

Population density per square kilometre
Medicine Hat5.2
Census agglomeration's average165.3
Alberta5.1

Land area
Medicine Hat13,288.64 km2
Census agglomeration's average2,736.96 km2

Occupied private dwelling characteristics

Houses characteristics

Single-detached houses
Medicine Hat67.8 %
Census agglomeration's average63.3 %
Alberta63.4 %

Semi-detached houses
Here4.3 %
Census agglomeration's average4.9 %
Alberta4.8 %

Row houses
Medicine Hat5.8 %
Census agglomeration's average4.4 %
Alberta7.0 %

Apartments; duplex
Medicine Hat1.9 %
Census agglomeration's average4.5 %
Alberta2.6 %

Apartments in buildings with fewer than five storeys
Here15.7 %
Census agglomeration's average17.8 %
Alberta14.7 %

Apartments in buildings with five or more storeys
Medicine Hat0.6 %
Census agglomeration's average1.6 %
Alberta4.4 %

Other dwellings
Medicine Hat3.9 %
Census agglomeration's average3.1 %
Alberta3.1 %


Number of owned dwellings
Medicine Hat20,505
Census agglomeration's average10,174

Number of rented dwellings
Medicine Hat7,375
Census agglomeration's average4,427

Number of dwellings constructed before 1986
Medicine Hat18,470
Census agglomeration's average10,513

Number of dwellings constructed between 1986 and 2006
Medicine Hat9,405
Census agglomeration's average4,123

Dwellings requiring major repair
Medicine Hat6.1 %
Census agglomeration's average8.0 %

Average number of rooms per dwelling
Medicine Hat7.1
Census agglomeration's average6.5

Dwellings with more than one person per room
Here0.3 %
Census agglomeration's average0.6 %

Average value of owned dwelling
Here223,002 CAD
Census agglomeration's average181,397 CAD


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Source: Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 92-591-XWE. Ottawa. Released March 13 2007. This data is an unofficial version of the materials, made without affiliation or endorsement of Statistics Canada.
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