Coalhurst


Coalhurst is a town in southern Alberta, Canada. It is located on Highway 3, 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

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, it had a population density of in 2016.
In the 2011 Census, the Town of Coalhurst had a population of 1,963 living in 715 of its 785 total dwellings, a 28.9% change from its 2006 population of 1,523. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2011.