West sector
Medicine Hill
A 1.2 km² 2000s community in Calgary’s West sector.
About
34% of the ground is under tree canopy and 57% is parkland, both above the Calgary community median.
Getting around
11 bus stops inside the boundary; no CTrain station.
Parks, paths and trees
13 km of pathways and trails. The city counts 248 public trees here.
Compared with Calgary
- 34%Tree canopyAbove city median 14.6%
- 57.3%ParklandAbove city median 11.9%
- 56.3%Natural areaAbove city median 2%
- 13 kmPathways and trailsAbove city median 4.1 km
- 0.0 kmBike routesBelow city median 1.7 km
Permits and housing
Building permits
15 building permits and 15 development permits in the last twelve months, with a declared building value of $15.2M.
Housing stock
The city lists 2 licensed short-term rentals.
The city maps 18 ha of developable land here, room for about 1,487 more homes.
Medicine Hill — common questions
- Which part of Calgary is Medicine Hill in?
- Medicine Hill is in the West sector of Calgary.
- Is Medicine Hill on the CTrain?
- No CTrain station sits inside the Medicine Hill boundary; the nearest stations are in neighbouring communities.
- How big is Medicine Hill?
- Medicine Hill covers about 1.2 square kilometres.
- Which communities border Medicine Hill?
- Medicine Hill borders Bowness, Cougar Ridge, Greenwood/Greenbriar, and Patterson.
- How many historic resources are in Medicine Hill?
- Medicine Hill has no listed historic resources.
- Is Medicine Hill good for walking and cycling?
- Medicine Hill has 13 km of pathways and trails.
- What is for sale in Medicine Hill?
- Every home for sale in Medicine Hill is on the listings map, with prices and photos, scoped to this community.
Sources and notes
- City of Calgary Open Data: community boundaries and classes, permits, parks and off-leash areas, urban forest, pathways and bikeways, historic resources, public art, schools, transit stops, secondary suites, short-term rentals, land supply. Permits, suites and short-term-rental licences refresh daily to weekly.