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Coalhurst

Municipality in Alberta, Canada (est. 1913)

Field	Value
name	Coalhurst
official_name	Town of Coalhurst
native_name
settlement_type	Town
pushpin_map	CAN AB Lethbridge# Alberta
pushpin_label_position	right
pushpin_map_caption	Location in Lethbridge County##Location in Alberta
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Canada
subdivision_type1	Province
subdivision_name1	Alberta
subdivision_type2	Region
subdivision_name2	Southern Alberta
subdivision_type3	Census division
subdivision_name3	2
subdivision_type4	Municipal district
subdivision_name4	Lethbridge County
government_footnotes
leader_title	Mayor
leader_name	Deb Florence
leader_title1	Town Council
leader_name1	Lori Harasem, Jesse Potrie, Brody Prete, Colin Slingsby
leader_title3	MLA
established_title	Founded
established_title1	Incorporated
established_date1
established_title2	• Village
established_date2	December 17, 1913
established_title3	• Dissolution
established_date3	December 31, 1936
established_title4	• Village
established_date4	January 15, 1979
established_title5	• Town
established_date5	June 1, 1995
area_footnotes	(2021)
area_land_km2	3.08
population_as_of	2021
population_footnotes
population_total	2869
population_density_km2	931.3
timezone	MST
utc_offset	−7
timezone_DST	MDT
utc_offset_DST	−6
coordinates
elevation_footnotes
postal_code	T0L 0V0
blank_name	Highways
blank_info	Highway 3
Highway 25
website

Highway 25

Coalhurst (originally named Bridgend) is a town in southern Alberta, Canada. It is located on Highway 3, 15 km northwest of Lethbridge. It used to be a coal-mining community.

Around 1930, a large fire broke out in Coalhurst and cost the town about $35,000. No one was injured in the fire.

Demographics

|1926 (est.) |1,000 |1931 (est.) |1,200 |1936 |774 |1981 |881 |1991 |1,322 |1996 |1,439 |2001 |1,476 |2006 |1,523 |2011 |1,978 |2016 |2,668 Sources: https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/daab9fce-c2f6-49d1-a433-375b2b7aee24/resource/fead128b-55b9-4e64-a886-7ba79b84cb4d/download/population1926.pdf https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/daab9fce-c2f6-49d1-a433-375b2b7aee24/resource/885f8ea2-93f4-48b2-b77d-6ba8a913a3f5/download/population1931.pdf https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/daab9fce-c2f6-49d1-a433-375b2b7aee24/resource/6bdfb080-accd-49ef-958c-2130a433863b/download/population1936.pdf http://www.municipalaffairs.alberta.ca/documents/ms/1981population.pdf https://maportal.gov.ab.ca/EXT/MeNet/Lists/Practices/Attachments/36/Village%20of%20Nobleford%20MDP%20589%20September%202004%20view.pdf https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/prof/92-591/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=4802013&Geo2=PR&Code2=48&Data=Count&SearchText=Coalhurst&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=4802013&Geo2=CD&Code2=4802&SearchText=Coalhurst&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&TABID=1&type=0

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Town of Coalhurst had a population of 2,869 living in 1,025 of its 1,055 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 2,668. With a land area of 3.08 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.

The population of the Town of Coalhurst according to its 2019 municipal census is 2,784, a change of from its 2018 municipal census population of 2,767.

In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Town of Coalhurst recorded a population of 2,668 living in 938 of its 970 total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 1,978. With a land area of 3.11 km2, it had a population density of in 2016.

References

Town of Coalhurst. "Town Council".
(October 7, 2016). "Location and History Profile: Town of Coalhurst". [[Alberta Municipal Affairs]].
(February 9, 2022). "Population and dwelling counts: Canada and population centres". [[Statistics Canada]].
(1928). "Place-names of Alberta". Geographic Board of Canada.
(February 9, 2022). "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities)". [[Statistics Canada]].
"2019 Municipal Census Count". Town of Coalhurst.
(December 2018). "2018 Municipal Affairs Population List". [[Alberta Municipal Affairs]].
(February 8, 2017). "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Alberta)". [[Statistics Canada]].

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