Photo: dave_7 from Lethbridge, Canada · CC BY 2.0Coalhurst is younger than 98% of Canadian towns: a median age of 32
Where 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns, Coalhurst has 7.8%. The latest estimate, for July 2025, is 3,244 residents; the 2021 Census found 1,025 households. 18% of households are one person living alone. Fewer renter households than in 65% of Canadian towns: 19%.
What stands out about the people of Coalhurst
Younger than most towns
Line Coalhurst’s residents up by age and the one in the middle is 32; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 25% are under 15 and 11% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Since 2016, Coalhurst has grown +8%, faster than 70% of Canadian towns
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 13% higher again. Medians for comparison: +4% across Canada’s towns; +1% across Alberta’s towns.
A higher share of children under 15 than 97% of Canadian towns, at 25%
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
In Coalhurst, 13% of residents are aged 15 to 24, beside 11% across Canada’s towns. Meanwhile, residents aged 65 and over are rarer here than in 91% of Canadian towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Coalhurst, 32. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
2.8 people per household, more than in 82% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Here 10% of households are one-parent families, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 8.2%.
Coalhurst: 13% of residents 15 and over live common-law, above 70% of Canadian towns
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Across Canada’s towns, 46% of residents 15 and over are married; in Coalhurst, 49%. The share of common-law partners across Canada’s towns is 11%.
A larger share of households in single-detached houses than 67% of Canadian towns: 76%
Occupied homes by type, by owners and renters, and by when they were built. Prices, rents and shelter costs are on Cost of living.
Type of home
Owners and renters · share of households
When homes were built · share of homes
Newer homes outnumber old: 53% date from 2001 or later, 7.8% from before 1961. Measured more widely, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns.
Household income at the median: $92,000 a year
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes run high in Coalhurst: half had more than $92,000, 7% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The figure for Alberta’s towns: $92,200. COVID-19 benefits were paid to 27% of residents with an income, where the typical town had 28%.
6.4% of residents are immigrants
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 30%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
30% of immigrants arrived between 2011 and 2021, against 27% across Canada’s towns. Coalhurst has fewer immigrants than 76% of Canadian towns, at 6.4%. Most immigrants were born in Europe (57%) or in the Americas (24%).
Above 83% of Canadian towns: 47% of residents said they have no religion
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns, against 3.8% in Coalhurst. Residents with no religion make up 35% across Canada’s towns.
91% have English as their mother tongue; 3.8% also speak French
Knowledge of the two official languages, first languages, and the language of home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
At 1%, the share of residents whose mother tongue is French is in line with the figure across Canada’s towns. On bilingual residents, Coalhurst sits lower than 89% of Canadian towns: 3.8%.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64: 16%, a lower share than 79% of Canadian towns
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the bottom of the ladder, 11% hold no certificate of any kind, against 9.5% in the typical town. Across the comparison, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
A job for 63% of residents aged 15 and over
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Across Canada’s towns the typical rate is 58%, below this 63%.
Youngest by rank: 1st of 41 towns of 3,189 to 3,298 people
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Between Coalhurst (32) and Electoral Area A, Sunshine Coast (61.2) lies the rest of the group. Canossa (35.5) and Pilot Butte (36.8): the towns nearest Coalhurst in median age.
Coalhurst sits below 2 of its 4 closest neighbours on median age
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coalhurst | 3,244 | — | 32 | 11% | 6.4% |
| Lethbridge | 113,671 | 8.5 km | 38 | 18% | 15% |
| Lethbridge County | 10,988 | 14.7 km | 32.8 | 12% | 12% |
| Nobleford | 1,694 | 17.7 km | 26.8 | 8.7% | 21% |
| Picture Butte | 2,380 | 18.2 km | 32 | 17% | 18% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. Unpaid care, car ownership and internet access aren’t in the Census Profile, nor is the change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins other than visible minority and Indigenous identity are left out of the charts.
- The census’s own words. “Visible minority” is the census’s term from the Employment Equity Act: people, other than Indigenous peoples, who are non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered. The page compares them with other towns and never labels a town by them.
- Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Alberta’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, and over all Canadian towns of that size (whole cities and First Nations reserves left out). Percentiles are within Canada only.
Questions about Coalhurst’s residents
Is Coalhurst good for families?
25% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 60% of households and one-parent families 10%. Schools near Coalhurst are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Coalhurst?
Half of Coalhurst’s households had more than $92,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Coalhurst?
About 3,244, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 2,869 people in Coalhurst, 8% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Coalhurst?
The median age is 32, younger than 98% of Canadian towns. 25% are under 15 and 11% 65 or older.
Is Coalhurst bilingual?
3.8% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0% speak French only and 96% English only. French is the mother tongue of 1%.
How diverse is Coalhurst?
Immigrants: 6.4% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 3.8%. Indigenous identity: 7.8%.
What religion are people in Coalhurst?
47% said they have no religion and 51% that they are Christian; 1.9% named another faith.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population · Statistics Canada, population estimates for 1 July 2025 (table 17-10-0155). Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).