The groceries are practical — Save-On-Foods for the weekly run, Bulk Barn when you're stocking up — but Medicine Hill's commercial strip tilts toward eating out. The dining options are where the neighbourhood's energy actually concentrates on weekday evenings. One bus line heads west toward the escarpment, another connects out to Bowness and Cougar Ridge, making the neighbourhood a useful waypoint for the whole southwest corridor.
The name earns itself — the streets climb as you move west, and that escarpment edge is close enough to feel like a backyard rather than a day trip. A crosstown route along Sarcee Trail handles the longer haul for residents without a car.
Safety
How safe the community is: crime and disorder per 1,000 residents against the city, and the trend.
Crime per 1,000 residents
Property and violent offences reported to police, Q3 2025 to Q2 2026.
Disorder calls per 1,000 residents
Calls about disturbances, suspicious people, mental health and the like, Q3 2025 to Q2 2026: calls, not crimes.
Crimes, Q3 2025 to Q2 2026: 36 property (82%), 8 violent (18%).
Disorder calls in Q2 2026: 10 disturbances, 10 suspicious person or vehicle, 4 mental health or intoxication, 2 other.
Crimes by quarter
Incidents each quarter; dashed: the straight-line trend.
Disorder calls by quarter
Incidents each quarter; dashed: the straight-line trend.
311 requests
Service requests to the City's 311 line from the community, by type and by month.
Most common requests
Requests by month
Housing market
Assessed home values by home type, and the district's CREB benchmark prices.
Assessed values by home type
CREB benchmark prices, West district
Affordability
How home values and rents compare with incomes in the community.
Buying
A home here is assessed at 19.8 times the average income (city: 10.4 times).
Growth
Building permits, new business licences and the mix of businesses in the community.
What the permits add
Businesses by type
Schools
Schools in the community and the ones it is designated to, with their grades and programs.
Average Fraser Institute rating: 3/10 (1 of 3 schools rated)
Designated schools
Schools your address is assigned to attend
Check an address's designated school with the board: CBE · CSSD
Dining
Restaurants and cafes in the community, with their Google ratings.
Restaurants
- St. Louis Bar & Grill4.3 ★(443)
- Papa Johns Pizza3.3 ★(123)
Cafes
- Fenyk Coffee & Social4.6 ★(178)
- Second Cup Café4.7 ★(24)
Bakeries
- COBS Bread4.8 ★(151)
- The Engineer's Bakery4.8 ★(33)
Everyday
Grocery stores and everyday shops and services in the community.
Health and wellness
Childcare, gyms, dentists and vets in the community, with their Google ratings.
Childcare
Gyms and fitness
Dentists
- Trinity Hills Dental SW Calgary5 ★(368)
Vets
- Trinity Hills 24 Hour Pet Hospital4.3 ★(453)
Culture
Libraries, landmarks, places of worship and arts venues in the community.
Attractions
Landmarks
Mobility
Transit stops and routes, bike paths and the distance to downtown.
Routes
- Route 26→
- Route 108→
- Route 728→
- Route 896→
Environment
Public trees, parks, natural areas and bike paths in the community.
Most common trees
Aspen, Quaking/Trembling (116)Spruce, White (43)Elm, Patmore (28)Crabapple, Thunderchild (16)Ash, White (15)Natural areas
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Who lives here
Population, owners and renters, age, income and background from the last census.
- Population
- 86
- Owner households
- 21.4%
- Median age
- 37
- Average personal income, 2020
- $28,788
- Visible minority
- 29.6%
Visible minority is Statistics Canada's term for people who are neither white nor Indigenous.
Top ancestries
Top mother tongues
Nearby in West
Other communities in the same sector of Calgary.
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Before-you-buy report
What's changing around an address in Medicine Hill, Calgary before you buy:
- Rezoning and permit applications nearby
- Council decisions affecting the area
- Crime and 311 trends, and school changes
- Ground movement from satellite data
- The assessment trend against the community
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