Infrastructure

Business in Southeast Alberta is facilitated through a strong infrastructure system. From transportation to water to utilities to health care, Southeast Alberta has what it takes to make your business thrive. The infrastructure in our region offers some of the lowest costs of doing business in Alberta, which translates to more profits for your business. Find out more about our region's infrastructure and how you can make this part of your business advantage by contacting our office.

Air Service

Medicine Hat's Municipal Airport is operated and maintained by the City of Medicine Hat, located west of the city within ten minutes from the downtown core and also serves Canadian Forces Base Suffield.

The Medicine Hat Municipal Airport is equipped with a 5000 foot runway and up to date aviation/navigational equipment. It has the facilities to accommodate small private aircraft right up to medium haul jet airliners.

Commercial air services are provided by Air Canada, Air Canada offers direct flights daily to Calgary International Airport for links with all international and domestic flights.

The airport provides a public passenger terminal, aircraft maintenance facilities, aircraft refueling facilities for aviation gasoline and jet fuel and they also provide air charter services for passenger and cargo.

Rail Service

Canadian Pacific Railways serves Medicine Hat from its main line. Medicine Hat is a divisional point for CP Rail which splits south to the Crowsnest Pass and north to the Kicking Horse Pass, both links to the Pacific coast.

Northern Alberta markets are served through inter-switching with CN Rail and access to the United States can be accomplished at various border points through inter-switching with Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway and SOO Line Railway.

CP Rail utilizes inter-modal transportation systems which combine the benefits of rail and truck.

Medicine Hat is the divisional point for CP Rail's main line that splits southwest to the Crowsnest Pass and northwest to the Kicking Horse Pass. Both routes are directly linked with ocean terminals on Canada's Pacific coast and the United States. Northern Alberta markets are serviced by inter-switching with Canadian National Railways. Inter-switching to the SOO Line and Burlington North Santa Fe Railway provides access to the United States markets. 

Highways

Trans-Canada Highway #1 runs directly through Medicine Hat. Crowsnest Highway #3 provides Medicine Hat with a southern link to the Rocky Mountains and onto Vancouver and to Highway #4 at Lethbridge, Alberta (24-Hour Border Crossing - Coutts). Highway #41 connects Medicine Hat to northern Alberta and south to the U.S. (Border Crossing Wildhorse) through the Cypress Hills to Havre, Montana.

Trucking Firms

Medicine Hat has a network of trucking firms offering local, provincial, national and international inter-modal freight services. The services provided include special bodies and containers for household goods, grain, bulk fertilizer, heavy equipment, oilfield equipment, refrigerated or frozen goods and a broad range of manufactured products. These trucking firms provide services to the Calgary International Airport and to Pacific ports in Vancouver, Seattle and Tacoma, as well as inter-connections across Canada and the United States.