Medicine Hat
Population 63,271 (2021 Census)
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Speeds by provider
M-Lab speed tests from Medicine Hat in 2025, by the network they ran on (Mbps). The fastest tenth shows what a network can deliver.
| Provider | Tests | Download | Upload | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Typical | Fastest 10% | Typical | Fastest 10% | ||
| Rogers (Shaw network) | 10,697 | 230 | 570 | 79 | 170 |
| TELUS (incl. NETAGO) | 7,662 | 55 | 200 | 16 | 130 |
| AEBC Internet | 483 | 76 | 320 | 21 | 100 |
| OXIO | 217 | 79 | 250 | 23 | 92 |
| TekSavvy | 159 | 86 | 300 | 16 | 100 |
The fastest tenth by year, download / upload:
| Provider | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (Jan–Sep) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rogers (Shaw network) | 430 / 130 | 570 / 170 | 560 / 180 |
| TELUS (incl. NETAGO) | 150 / 74 | 200 / 130 | 280 / 240 |
| AEBC Internet | – | 320 / 100 | 320 / 160 |
| OXIO | 240 / 75 | 250 / 92 | 240 / 170 |
| TekSavvy | 300 / 78 | 300 / 100 | 370 / 120 |
Satellite, across Alberta in 2025: Starlink typically 75 down and 7.1 up, fastest tenth 200 / 14; Xplore typically 30 down and 2.8 up, fastest tenth 72 / 12.
What the government map says
The 974 km of road in and around Medicine Hat, by the best wired speed providers report along it (download/upload, Mbps).
| Best wired speed reported | Share of roads |
|---|---|
| 50/10 Mbps | 60% |
| 25/5 Mbps | under 1% |
| 10/2 Mbps | 0% |
| 5/1 Mbps | under 1% |
| No wired service reported | 39% |
Who can get gigabit
Fibre and cable can deliver 1 Gbps. Of the 26 government-data hexagons with 5 or more households in and around Medicine Hat, by what providers report in them:
| Reported in the hexagon | Hexagons |
|---|---|
| Fibre to the home reported | 9 |
| Cable reported, no fibre | 2 |
| No fibre or cable reported | 15 |
Fibre to the home reported by Shaw and Telus. Cable reported by Rogers and Shaw. (Names as ISED lists them; Rogers bought Shaw in 2023.)
Across southern Alberta, 911 of the 1,102 populated hexagons the government map counts at 50/10 have no fibre or cable reported at all (83%).
Measured speeds
The best wired-like Speedtest result each ~390 m square in and around Medicine Hat has reached, up to 2026 (Jan–Sep) (875 squares tested). Share of squares by best download:
| Best download | Share of squares |
|---|---|
| 500 Mbps or more | 27% |
| 100–500 Mbps | 29% |
| 50–100 Mbps | 6% |
| Under 50 Mbps | 9% |
| Only wireless-like results | 28% |
Share of squares tested so far whose best reached 100 Mbps; fast upload is a good sign of fibre. The slider under the map shows the same years.
| Year | Squares | 100+ down | 100+ up |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 576 | 54% | 1% |
| 2020 | 637 | 55% | 3% |
| 2021 | 708 | 54% | 6% |
| 2022 | 763 | 54% | 13% |
| 2023 | 797 | 54% | 20% |
| 2024 | 821 | 55% | 32% |
| 2025 | 845 | 55% | 40% |
| 2026 (Jan–Sep) | 875 | 56% | 42% |
What's actually in the ground
This section uses public and provider-reported data and hasn't been independently verified yet.
Medicine Hat is a two-wire town: TELUS’s phone network, and the cable network Rogers took over when it bought Shaw in 2023. The independent resellers listed below rent those same lines: price choice, not network choice (how wholesale works).
The government figures above put most roads in our box at 50/10 or better, and a large share at none. Some of that gap is the box, which takes in industrial land, river valley and rural roads; some may be the data (reading the map).
The aggregators disagree on fibre to the door. According to Topicks, working from CRTC network-owner filings, TELUS fibre to the home reaches 72.7% of its Medicine Hat zones (Topicks). PlanGenius reports a “52% fiber access” figure with no method behind it, and says fibre “isn’t yet at every address” (PlanGenius). Neither checks addresses on the ground, and a zone counted as covered can mean one subdivision in it has fibre.
The city says it owns and operates its own gas and electric utilities, generates its own power and owns the distribution system. In our view that habit of treating infrastructure as a public asset makes Medicine Hat a realistic place for a local exchange, where networks swap traffic in town instead of hauling it to Calgary. The case is on the Medicine Hat page.
Providers
TekSavvy sells service over TELUS and Rogers's lines (our inference: it doesn't name the network owner).
Incumbent telephone company
- TELUS The incumbent phone company. Topicks, working from CRTC network-owner filings, lists TELUS DSL across most of the city and fibre to the home in part of it. Source: topicks.ca
Cable company
- Rogers (formerly Shaw) The cable network. Rogers bought Shaw in April 2023, so the old Shaw cable plant is now Rogers. Topicks lists coaxial cable from both names across most of the city. Source: about.rogers.com
Resellers (renting someone else's lines)
- Independent resellers PlanGenius says more than 23 independent ISPs sell service over the TELUS and Rogers lines under CRTC wholesale rules, naming Clearwave and GETUS. They rent the incumbents' wires; they don't own any. Source: plangenius.ca
- TekSavvy Lists Medicine Hat among the Alberta cities it serves; it offers cable, DSL and fibre 'where service technology permits'. It doesn't say whose lines it uses; by our reading of the CRTC rules, Rogers's and TELUS's. Source: teksavvy.com
Fixed wireless
- Xplore Listed by Topicks for fixed wireless and satellite across the city. Source: topicks.ca
- Mascon Listed by Topicks as a fixed-wireless network owner in most of the city. Source: topicks.ca
Infrastructure and exchanges
Alberta SuperNet fibre, built with public money for public buildings, reaches Medicine Hat. It was never built to reach homes (what SuperNet is).
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Medicine Hat municipal electric and gas utilitiesassetdocumented
The City of Medicine Hat owns and operates its own gas and electric utilities.
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Hut 8 Medicine Hat siteassetdocumented
Hut 8 lists a site in Medicine Hat on its own website. It is a private data centre, not network infrastructure.
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Medicine Hat municipal fibrefibre networkinferred
The City of Medicine Hat owns an extensive fibre optic network that supports its city-wide utility infrastructure and extensive municipal property locations.
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Idea under research: a Medicine Hat internet exchangeidea under researchinferred
An idea under research, not a plan: a Medicine Hat internet exchange. It needs viability research. The Internet Society's IXP tracker lists no exchange in southern Alberta outside Calgary, and none along the Trans-Canada corridor between Calgary and Regina; the nearest listed exchange to the east is in Saskatoon.
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Calgary to Brooks to Medicine Hat fibreroutedocumentedapproximate path
Bell's network map shows a major Bell fibre route between Calgary and Medicine Hat. The Alberta SuperNet map (Service Alberta, 2005/06, in Cybera's 2021 report) shows fibre on the same corridor through Brooks, along the Trans-Canada (Highway 1). In our view TELUS and Rogers (formerly Shaw) may have their own fibre here too. Drawn along the highway; the real path is not known.
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Medicine Hat to Swift Current to Regina fibreroutedocumentedapproximate path
Bell's network map shows a major Bell fibre route east from Medicine Hat to Regina, and on to Winnipeg. In our view it runs through Swift Current along the Trans-Canada (Highway 1). Drawn along the highway; the real path is not known.
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Alberta SuperNet base network fibreSuperNet fibrereportedapproximate path
The SuperNet's base network, fibre linking 27 larger centres, including Calgary, Brooks, Medicine Hat and Lethbridge. Bell built and owns it. SuperNet carries traffic for public buildings; it was never fibre to homes. Traced from Service Alberta's SuperNet map (2005/06, in Cybera's 2021 report); some paths have changed since.
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Alberta SuperNet extended area fibreSuperNet fibrereportedapproximate path
The SuperNet's extended area network, fibre to about 400 smaller communities, which the province paid $193 million to build. Bell has run all of SuperNet since 2018. It reaches the Montana border at Coutts. Traced from Service Alberta's SuperNet map (2005/06, in Cybera's 2021 report); wireless links are left out, and some paths have changed since.
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Related explainers
Sources
- Topicks, internet coverage in Medicine Hat (aggregator, from CRTC filings)
- PlanGenius, internet providers in Medicine Hat (aggregator)
- Rogers, acquisition of Shaw
- City of Medicine Hat, gas utility
- City of Medicine Hat, electricity
- TekSavvy (teksavvy.com)
- Hut 8 Medicine Hat site (hut8.com)
- Idea under research: a Medicine Hat internet exchange (pulse.internetsociety.org)
- Calgary to Brooks to Medicine Hat fibre (wholesale.bell.ca)
- Alberta SuperNet base network fibre (wiki.cybera.ca)
- National Broadband Data, ISED (retrieved 2026-10-17)
- The M-Lab NDT Data Set, 2024-01-01 to 2026-09-30, queried 2026-10-22 in BigQuery (CC0)
- Speedtest® by Ookla® Global Fixed and Mobile Network Performance Maps, accessed 2026-10-22. Based on iana.ca's analysis of Speedtest® by Ookla® data for 2019 to 2026 (Jan–Sep). Ookla trademarks used under license and reprinted with permission. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- Basemap: © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Protomaps