Photo: Kmsiever · Public domain14% of residents are aged 15 to 24, more than in 86% of Canadian towns
17% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, against 11% across Canada’s towns. Compared with other places, Indigenous residents are common here: 6.6%, more than in 78% of Canadian towns. Statistics Canada puts Lethbridge’s population at 113,671 for July 2025. The census found that nearly a third of households rent their home locally.
Growth of +6% since 2016 puts Lethbridge ahead of 63% 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
By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 16%. Across Canada’s towns, the typical town changed +4%; across Alberta’s towns, +1%.
Lethbridge is younger than 77% of Canadian towns: a median age of 38
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
The share of children under 15 tops 64% of Canadian towns: 17%. In Lethbridge, 18% of residents are 65 or over.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Lethbridge, 38. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split.
In Lethbridge, 29% of households are one person living alone, more than in 57% of Canadian towns
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Shared houses stand out: 7.2% of households are unrelated adults living together, more than in 88% of Canadian towns. One-person households make up 27% across Canada’s towns. Average household size: 2.4 people. On one-parent families, 8.2% here is much the same as across Canada’s towns.
Only 9.9% of residents 15 and over live common-law in Lethbridge
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
29% of adults have never married and don’t live common-law (typical: 27%). Across Canada’s towns, 11% of residents 15 and over live common-law.
Lethbridge sits above 65% of Canadian towns for households in buildings of five or more storeys (2.1%)
The kinds of homes people live in, who owns and who rents, and how old the homes are. 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
A third of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 18% built before 1961. Against a figure of 64% across Canada’s towns, the share of households in single-detached houses in Lethbridge comes in at 63%.
Household income at the median: $82,000 a year
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
Lethbridge’s median household took in $82,000 before tax, about the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Among Alberta’s towns, the typical figure is $92,200. Emergency and recovery benefits reached 28% of those with an income, beside a typical 28%.
A larger share of residents without Canadian citizenship than 56% of Canadian towns: 7%
Birthplaces and arrival years of immigrants, citizenship and recent moves.
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
Most immigrants were born in Asia (38%) or in Europe (29%). The share of residents without Canadian citizenship across Canada’s towns is 5.8%. 41% of immigrants arrived between 2011 and 2021, against 27% across Canada’s towns.
Residents with no religion: 44%, a higher share than 77% of Canadian towns
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
The share of visible minority residents stands at 16%. The benchmark for residents with no religion across Canada’s towns: 35%.
84% have English as their mother tongue; 5.2% also speak French
Who can speak English and French, mother tongue, and the language spoken most at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
At home, 6.6% mostly speak another language; 0.9% speak neither English nor French. Fewer bilingual residents than in 72% of Canadian towns: 5.2%. Nothing unusual on residents whose mother tongue is French: 0.8%, close to the figure across Canada’s towns.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64 make up 28% in Lethbridge, more than in 52% of Canadian towns
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Without any certificate: 9.8% of 25- to 64-year-olds (typical: 9.5%).
59% of adults were employed in May 2021
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Across Canada’s towns the typical rate is 58%, much like this 59%.
Of 41 towns its size (81,813 to 157,345 people), the 4th youngest
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
Median ages here range from 35.6 in Airdrie to 51.6 in Lindsay. The towns whose median age is nearest to Lethbridge’s: Waterloo (36), Milton (36), Ajax (38.4) and Red Deer (38.8).
Every neighbour of Lethbridge has a younger population
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lethbridge | 113,671 | — | 38 | 18% | 15% |
| Coalhurst | 3,244 | 8.5 km | 32 | 11% | 6.4% |
| Coaldale | 9,644 | 16.4 km | 37.2 | 18% | 11% |
| Lethbridge County | 10,988 | 17.6 km | 32.8 | 12% | 12% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. Some things the page can’t show: the Census Profile asks nothing about unpaid care, cars or internet access, and gives no change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted.
- 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 Lethbridge’s residents
What is the average age in Lethbridge?
Half the residents are older than 38 and half younger, younger than 77% of Canadian towns; 17% are children under 15 and 18% are 65 or over.
Is Lethbridge bilingual?
5.2% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0% speak French only and 94% English only. French is the mother tongue of 0.8%.
How diverse is Lethbridge?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 15%. A visible minority makes up 16% and Indigenous residents 6.6%.
What religion are people in Lethbridge?
Most often Christian (50%) or no religion (44%); other religions make up 5.8%.
Is Lethbridge good for families?
Children under 15 are 17% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 50% of households and one-parent families 8.2%. Schools near Lethbridge are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Lethbridge?
Median total household income in Lethbridge was $82,000 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Lethbridge?
The latest figure is an estimate: 113,671 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Lethbridge counted 98,406, 6% more than 2016.
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).