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{{Short description|City in Alberta, Canada}}
{{About|the city in Alberta, Canada|other uses|Lethbridge (disambiguation)}}
{{Update|part='''the fact that the weekly ''[[Lethbridge Sun Times]]'' newspaper no longer exists, official website diverts to that of a sister rural newspaper in a different city, which has its own en-wiki article'''|date=June 2024}}

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{{Use Canadian English|date=October 2024}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name               = Lethbridge
| official_name      = City of Lethbridge
| settlement_type    = City
| nickname           = [[List of city nicknames and slogans in Canada#Alberta|"Bridge City", "The Windy City"]]
| motto              = [[Coat of arms of Lethbridge|''Ad occasionis januam'']]
"Gateway to Opportunity"<ref name=coa>{{Cite web| url= http://www.lethbridge.ca/Things-To-Do/About-Lethbridge/Pages/City-Identity.aspx| title= City of Lethbridge Crest/Coat of Arms| author= City of The Lethbridge| access-date= June 12, 2014| archive-date= July 13, 2020| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200713012506/https://www.lethbridge.ca/Things-To-Do/About-Lethbridge/Pages/City-Identity.aspx}}</ref>
| image_skyline      = Lethbridge downtown.jpg
| imagesize          = 
| image_caption      = [[Downtown Lethbridge]] on 4th Avenue South
| image_flag         = Flag of Lethbridge.svg
| flag_size          = 125px
| image_shield       = Lethbridge-coat.png
| shield_size        = 125px
| image_blank_emblem = City of Lethbridge Logo.svg
| blank_emblem_type  = Logo
| image_map          = CAN AB 0203 Lethbridge CITY Map.svg
| mapsize            = 
| map_caption        = City boundaries
| pushpin_map        = Alberta#Canada#CAN AB Lethbridge
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Alberta##Location in Canada##Location in Lethbridge County
| pushpin_mapsize    = 
| subdivision_type   = Country
| subdivision_name   = Canada
| subdivision_type1  = [[Provinces and territories of Canada|Province]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[Alberta]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[Land-use framework regions of Alberta|Planning region]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[South Saskatchewan Region|South Saskatchewan]]
| subdivision_type3  = 
| subdivision_name3  = 
| subdivision_type4  = [[List of municipal districts in Alberta|Municipal district]]
| subdivision_name4  = [[Lethbridge County]]
| established_title  = Settled<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lethbridge.ca/arts-culture-events/our-history/ |title=Our History |access-date=November 8, 2024}}</ref>
| established_date   = 1874
| established_title1 = Incorporated<ref name=AMACityProfiles>{{cite web | url=http://www.municipalaffairs.alberta.ca/cfml/MunicipalProfiles/basicReport/CITY.PDF | publisher=[[Ministry of Municipal Affairs (Alberta)|Alberta Municipal Affairs]] | title=Location and History Profile: City of Lethbridge | page=78 | date=June 17, 2016 | access-date=June 18, 2016 | archive-date=March 25, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160325212924/http://www.municipalaffairs.alberta.ca/cfml/MunicipalProfiles/basicReport/CITY.PDF | url-status=live}}</ref>
| established_date1  = &nbsp;
| established_title2 = &nbsp;•&nbsp;[[List of towns in Alberta|Town]]
| established_date2  = November 29, 1890
| established_title3 = &nbsp;•&nbsp;[[List of cities in Alberta|City]]
| established_date3  = May 9, 1906
| named_for          = [[William Lethbridge]]
| area_footnotes     = &nbsp;(2021)<ref name=2021census/>
| area_land_km2      = 121.12
| area_urban_km2     = 64.00
| area_metro_km2     = 2958.96
| population_as_of   = 2021
| population_footnotes = <ref name=2021census/><ref name=2021censusPC>{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810001101 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada and population centres | publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] | date=February 9, 2022 | accessdate=February 13, 2022}}</ref><ref name=2021censusCMA>{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000501 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations | publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] | date=February 9, 2022 | accessdate=February 13, 2022}}</ref>
| population_note    = 1446.2
| population_total   = 98406 <!-- 2021 StatCan census population only per [[WP:CANPOP]];  do not replace with latest municipal census population count; this municipal census population count can go in the population_blank1_title and population_blank1 parameters further below and can be noted in the article body (so long as it doesn't replace the 2021 StatCan census population in the body). -->
| population_density_km2 = 812.5
| population_urban   = 92563
| population_density_urban_km2 = 
| population_metro   = 123847
| population_density_metro_km2 = 41.9
| population_blank1_title = [[Municipal census in Canada|Municipal census]] ([[2023 Alberta municipal censuses|2023]])
| population_blank1  = 106,550<ref name=2023census/>
|population_demonym       = Lethbridgian or Lethbian<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/audio/1.2778680| title=What do we call people from Lethbridge | publisher=CBC Radio | type=Audio | date=January 2014 | access-date=August 8, 2024}}</ref>
| coordinates        = {{coord|49|41|37|N|112|50|31|W|region:CA-AB|notes=<ref>{{Cite cgndb|IADGP|Lethbridge}}</ref>|display=inline,title}}
| elevation_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.safetycodes.ab.ca/Public/Documents/PSSSOP_Handbook_Version_12_Online_Feb_21_2012b.pdf | title=Alberta Private Sewage Systems 2009 Standard of Practice Handbook: Appendix A.3 Alberta Design Data (A.3.A. Alberta Climate Design Data by Town) | publisher=Safety Codes Council | type=PDF | pages=212–215 (PDF pages 226–229) | date=January 2012 | access-date=October 8, 2013 | archive-date=October 16, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016085027/http://www.safetycodes.ab.ca/Public/Documents/PSSSOP_Handbook_Version_12_Online_Feb_21_2012b.pdf}}</ref>
| elevation_m        = 910
| leader_title       = Mayor
| leader_name        = [[Blaine Hyggen]]<br /><small>([[List of mayors of Lethbridge|Past mayors]])</small>
| leader_title1      = Governing body
| leader_name1       = {{Collapsible list|title=[[Lethbridge City Council]]
|1=Mark Campbell|2=Jeff Carlson|3=Rajko Dodic|4=Belinda Crowson|5=Jenn Schmidt-Rempel|6=John Middleton-Hope|7=Nick Paladino|8=Ryan Parker}}
| leader_title2      = [[List of House members of the 44th Parliament of Canada|MP]]
| leader_name2       = [[Rachael Thomas]] ([[Conservative Party of Canada|CPC]])
| leader_title3      = [[Legislative Assembly of Alberta|MLAs]]
| leader_name3       = [[Nathan Neudorf]] ([[United Conservative Party|UCP]])<br>[[Rob Miyashiro]] ([[Alberta New Democratic Party|NDP]])
| leader_title4      = City Manager
| leader_name4       = Lloyd Brierley
| timezone           = [[Mountain Time Zone|MST]]
| utc_offset         = −07:00
| timezone_DST       = MDT
| utc_offset_DST     = −06:00
| postal_code_type   = [[Postal codes in Canada#Forward sortation areas|Forward sortation areas]]
| postal_code        = [[List of postal codes of Canada: T|T1H–T1K]]
| area_code          = [[Area code 403|403]] [[Area codes 587, 825, and 368|587, 825, 368]]
| blank_name_sec2    = [[Gross domestic product|GDP]] (Lethbridge {{Abbr|CMA|Census metropolitan area}})
| blank_info_sec2    = [[Canadian dollar|CA$]]6.1 billion (2016)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=3610046801 |title=Table 36-10-0468-01 Gross domestic product (GDP) at basic prices, by census metropolitan area (CMA) (x 1,000,000) |date=January 27, 2017 |publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] |access-date=April 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122184338/https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=3610046801 |archive-date=January 22, 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref>
| blank1_name_sec2   = GDP per capita (Lethbridge {{Abbr|CMA|Census metropolitan area}})
| blank1_info_sec2   = CA$52,243 (2016)
| blank_name         = Highways
| blank_info         = {{Jct|state=AB|Hwy|3}}<br /> {{Jct|state=AB|Hwy|4}}<br /> {{Jct|state=AB|Hwy|5}}<br />{{Jct|state=AB|Hwy|25}}
| blank1_name        = Waterways
| blank1_info        = [[Oldman River]]
| footnotes          = 
| website            = {{URL|http://www.lethbridge.ca}}
}}

'''Lethbridge''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|l|ɛ|θ|b|r|ɪ|dʒ}} {{respell|LETH|brij}}) is a city in the province of [[Alberta]], Canada. With a population of 106,550 in the [[2023 Alberta municipal censuses|2023 municipal census]],<ref name=2023census>{{cite web|url=https://www.lethbridge.ca/news/posts/municipal-census-results-show-growing-lethbridge-population/ |title=Municipal Census results show growing Lethbridge population|date=June 27, 2023|access-date=January 8, 2023}}</ref> Lethbridge became the fourth Alberta city to surpass 100,000 people. The nearby [[Canadian Rockies|Canadian Rocky Mountains]] contribute to the city's warm summers, mild winters, and [[Chinook wind|windy climate]]. Lethbridge lies approximately {{cvt|215|km}} southeast of [[Calgary]] on the [[Oldman River]] and {{cvt|105|km}} northwest of the [[Canada–United States border]] at the [[Sweetgrass–Coutts Border Crossing]].

Lethbridge is the commercial, educational, financial, industrial and transportation centre of [[southern Alberta]]. The city's economy developed from [[drift mining]] for coal in the late 19th century and [[agriculture]] in the early 20th century. Half of the workforce is employed in the health, education, retail and hospitality sectors, and the top five employers are government-based. The [[University of Lethbridge]], the only university in Alberta south of Calgary, is located here, as well as [[Lethbridge Polytechnic]]. Cultural venues in the city include performing art theatres, galleries, museums, gardens, and sports centres.

== History ==
{{Main|History of Lethbridge}}
[[File:Part of Round Street, Lethbridge, AB.jpg|thumb|left|Round Street in 1911]]
Before the 19th century, the Lethbridge area was populated by several [[First Nations in Canada|First Nations]] at various times. The [[Blackfoot Confederacy|Blackfoot]] referred to the area as ''Aksaysim'' ("steep banks"), ''Mek-kio-towaghs'' ("painted rock"), ''Assini-etomochi'' ("where we slaughtered the Cree") and ''Sik-ooh-kotok'' ("coal"). The [[Tsuutʼina Nation|Tsuutʼina]] (Sarcee) referred to it as ''Chadish-kashi'' ("black/rocks"), the [[Cree]] as ''Kuskusukisay-guni'' ("black/rocks"), and the [[Nakoda people|Nakoda]] (Stoney) as ''Ipubin-saba-akabin'' ("digging coal").<ref name="Ellis" /> The [[Kutenai]] referred to it as ''ʔa•kwum''.<ref>{{Cite web | title=FirstVoices: Nature / Environment—place names: words. Ktunaxa. | access-date=July 7, 2012 | url=http://www.firstvoices.com/en/Ktunaxa/word-query-results?q=id&btn=Search&archive=Ktunaxa&lang=en | archive-date=June 27, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140627152551/http://www.firstvoices.com/en/Ktunaxa/word-query-results?q=id&btn=Search&archive=Ktunaxa&lang=en | url-status=live}}</ref>

After the [[United States Army]] stopped alcohol trading with the [[Blackfeet Nation]] in [[Montana]] in 1869, traders [[John Healy (entrepreneur)|John J. Healy]] and Alfred B. Hamilton started a whisky trading post at Fort Hamilton, near the future site of Lethbridge. The post's nickname became [[Fort Whoop-Up]].<ref name="Ellis">{{cite web|url=http://www.lethbridge.ca/home/Enjoying+Lethbridge/Picture+Gallery/Short+History.htm |title=A Short History of Lethbridge, Alberta |author=Greg Ellis |date=October 2001 |access-date=January 17, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050923135454/http://www.lethbridge.ca/home/Enjoying%2BLethbridge/Picture%2BGallery/Short%2BHistory.htm |archive-date=September 23, 2005}}</ref> The whisky trade led to the [[Cypress Hills Massacre]] of many native [[Assiniboine]] in 1873. The [[North-West Mounted Police]], sent to stop the trade and establish order,<ref name="Ellis"/> arrived at Fort Whoop-Up on October 9, 1874. They managed the post for the next 12 years.<ref name="Ellis"/>

[[File:Leth old.jpg|thumb|left|[[Downtown Lethbridge]] in 1911]]
Lethbridge's economy developed from [[drift mining|drift mines]] opened by [[Nicholas Sheran]] in 1874 and the [[North Western Coal and Navigation Company]] in 1882. North Western's president was [[William Lethbridge]], from whom the city derives its name.<ref>{{cite web|title=Indian Battle Park |publisher=City of Lethbridge |url=http://www.lethbridge.ca/home/City+Hall/Departments/Parks+-+Pathways+-+Trails/Major+Parks/Indian+Battle+Park/Indian+Battle+Park.htm |access-date=February 16, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040828085321/http://www.lethbridge.ca/home/City%2BHall/Departments/Parks%2B-%2BPathways%2B-%2BTrails/Major%2BParks/Indian%2BBattle%2BPark/Indian%2BBattle%2BPark.htm |archive-date=August 28, 2004}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Place-names of Alberta|year=1928|publisher=Geographic Board of Canada|location=Ottawa|page=76|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015070267029&view=1up&seq=80|access-date=November 15, 2020|archive-date=October 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019222009/https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015070267029&view=1up&seq=80|url-status=live}}</ref> By the turn of the century, the mines employed about 150 men and produced {{Convert|300|t|ST}} of coal each day.<ref name="Ellis"/> In 1896, local collieries were the largest coal producers in the [[Northwest Territories]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lethbridge.ca/home/Enjoying+Lethbridge/Picture+Gallery/History+of+Lethbridge/Masonry+Sculptures/Masonry.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051217015512/http://www.lethbridge.ca/home/Enjoying%2BLethbridge/Picture%2BGallery/History%2Bof%2BLethbridge/Masonry%2BSculptures/Masonry.htm|title=City of Lethbridge website|archive-date=December 17, 2005}}</ref> with production peaking during [[World War I]]. An [[internment]] camp was set up at the Exhibition Building in Lethbridge from September 1914 to November 1916.<ref>{{cite web|title=Internment Camps in Canada during the First and Second World Wars, Library and Archives Canada|date=June 11, 2014|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/the-public/005-1142.27-e.html|access-date=September 5, 2014|archive-date=September 5, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140905213052/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/the-public/005-1142.27-e.html|url-status=live}}</ref> After the war, increasing oil and natural gas production gradually replaced coal production,<ref name="Ellis"/> and the last mine in Lethbridge closed in 1957.

The first rail line in Lethbridge was opened on August 28, 1885, by the Alberta Railway and Coal Company,<ref name="Ellis" /> which bought the [[North Western Coal and Navigation Company]] five years later.<ref>{{cite web|title=Alphabetical list of Private Acts—Railways |work=Table of Private Acts (1867 to December 31, 2013), Railways |publisher=Department of Justice Canada |url=http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/TablePrivateActs/railways.html |date=November 27, 2014 |access-date=November 30, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141223205826/http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/TablePrivateActs/railways.html |archive-date=December 23, 2014}}</ref> The rail industry's dependence on coal and the [[Canadian Pacific Railway]]'s (CPR) efforts to settle southern Alberta with immigrants boosted Lethbridge's economy. After the CPR moved the [[divisional point]] of its Crowsnest Line from [[Fort Macleod]] to Lethbridge in 1905 and a new [[Lethbridge Canadian Pacific Railway Station]] (Union Station) was built in 1906, the city became the regional centre for [[Southern Alberta]].<ref name="Ellis"/> In the mid-1980s, the CPR moved its [[rail yard]]s in [[downtown Lethbridge]] to nearby [[Kipp, Alberta|Kipp]], and Lethbridge ceased to be a [[Transport hub|rail hub]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Executive Summary |work=Highways 3 & 4, Lethbridge and Area NHS & NSTC, Functional Planning Study, #R – 970 |publisher=Stantec Consulting Ltd. | date=February 2006 |url=http://www.infratrans.gov.ab.ca/INFTRA_Content/docType182/Production/exec_summ.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070621192600/http://www.infratrans.gov.ab.ca/INFTRA_Content/docType182/Production/exec_summ.pdf |archive-date=June 21, 2007|access-date=February 16, 2007}}</ref>

Between 1907 and 1913, a development boom occurred in Lethbridge, making it the main marketing, distribution and service centre in southern Alberta.<ref name="Ellis"/> Such municipal projects as a water treatment plant, a power plant, a [[Lethbridge Transit]], a [[Tram|streetcar]] system, and [[Lethbridge & District Exhibition|Exhibition Park]]—as well as a construction boom and rising real estate prices—transformed the mining town into a significant city.<ref name="Ellis"/> Between [[World War&nbsp;I]] and [[World War&nbsp;II]], however, the city experienced an economic slump. Development slowed, drought drove farmers from their farms, and coal mining rapidly declined from its peak.<ref name="Ellis"/> After World War&nbsp;II, irrigation of farmland near Lethbridge led to growth in the city's population and economy. Lethbridge became a centre for [[Tertiary education|post-secondary education]] in Southern Alberta with the opening of [[Lethbridge Polytechnic]] (formerly Lethbridge College) in April 1957 and the [[University of Lethbridge]] in 1967.<ref name="Ellis"/>

In 2015 American musician [[Marilyn Manson]] was assaulted by a local resident in the city's [[Denny's]] after the singer allegedly insulted a woman in the restaurant in the early hours of the morning.<ref>{{Cite web |last=O'Neil |first=Lauren |date=April 8, 2015 |title=Marilyn Manson punched in face at a Denny's in Lethbridge |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/trending/marilyn-manson-punched-in-face-at-a-denny-s-in-lethbridge-1.3024912 |access-date=October 21, 2024 |website=www.cbc.ca}}</ref>

== Geography ==
{{See also|List of neighbourhoods in Lethbridge}}
[[File:Lethbridge south alberta.gif|thumb|left|300px|Map of southern Alberta]]
[[File:Lethbridge map.gif|thumb|left|Map of Lethbridge]]

The city of Lethbridge is located at 49.7° north [[latitude]] and 112.833° west [[longitude]] and covers an area of {{cvt|127.19|km2}}. It is divided by the [[Oldman River]]; its valley, the [[Oldman River valley parks system]], has been turned into one of the largest urban park systems in North America at {{cvt|16|km2|acre}} of protected land.<ref>{{cite web |title=Field Guide Booklet |publisher=The Lethbridge Naturalists Society |url=http://www.lethbridge.ca/Things-To-Do/Nature-Centre/Documents/HSNC%20Field%20Guide%20singlepages.pdf |access-date=January 21, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306081432/http://www.lethbridge.ca/Things-To-Do/Nature-Centre/Documents/HSNC%20Field%20Guide%20singlepages.pdf |archive-date=March 6, 2016}}</ref> Lethbridge is Alberta's third-largest city by population and area after [[Calgary]] and [[Edmonton]]. It is located near the [[Canadian Rockies]], {{cvt|210|km}} southeast of Calgary.

Lethbridge is split into three geographical areas: north, south and west. The Oldman River separates West Lethbridge from the other two, while [[Alberta Highway 3|Crowsnest Trail]] and the [[Canadian Pacific Kansas City]] rail line separate North and South Lethbridge.<ref>{{cite web |last=Ellis |first=Faron |title=Alberta Provincial Election Study |publisher=Citizen-Society Research Lab | date=November 2004 |url=http://www.lethbridgecollege.ab.ca/pdf/csrl/Fall2004ProvincialElectionII.pdf |access-date=February 16, 2007| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080229170826/http://www.lethbridgecollege.ab.ca/pdf/csrl/Fall2004ProvincialElectionII.pdf| archive-date = February 29, 2008}}</ref> The newest and largest of the three areas, [[West Lethbridge]] (pop. 40,898)<ref name="2019census" /> is home to the [[University of Lethbridge]]—which opened at that site in 1971. Although several farms existed on what is now the Westside, the first housing development was not completed until 1974 and Whoop-Up Drive access opened only in 1975.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://people.uleth.ca/~maclachlan/General/WDCAG%202005%20Field%20Trip.htm |title=Whiskey Traders, Coal Miners, Cattle Ranchers and a Few Bordellos |author=Ian MacLachlan |date=March 11, 2005 |access-date=July 25, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927230101/http://people.uleth.ca/~maclachlan/General/WDCAG%202005%20Field%20Trip.htm |archive-date=September 27, 2011}}</ref> Much of the city's recent growth has been on the west side, and it has the youngest median age of the three. The north side (pop. 28,172)<ref name="2019census" /> was originally populated by workers from local coal mines. It has the oldest population of the three areas, is home to multiple industrial parks and includes the former Hamlet of [[Hardieville, Lethbridge|Hardieville]], which was annexed by Lethbridge in 1978.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.municipalaffairs.alberta.ca/cfml/pdf_search/pdf/RMUN/0204/County_of_Lethbridge_Order_10079_1978_No17.pdf |author=The Local Authorities Board |title=Order No. 10079 |date=December 23, 1977 |access-date=May 31, 2010 |archive-date=July 6, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706164536/http://www.municipalaffairs.alberta.ca/cfml/pdf_search/pdf/RMUN/0204/County_of_Lethbridge_Order_10079_1978_No17.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Hardieville/Legacy Ridge/Uplands Area Structure Plan |publisher=UMA Engineering Ltd. |url=http://www.lethbridge.ca/Doing-Business/Planning-Development/Planning/Documents/Hardieville%20-%20Legacy%20Ridge%20-%20Uplands%20ASP%20(Ammended%20to%202013.06).pdf |access-date=August 14, 2007 |archive-date=March 6, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306081435/http://www.lethbridge.ca/Doing-Business/Planning-Development/Planning/Documents/Hardieville%20-%20Legacy%20Ridge%20-%20Uplands%20ASP%20(Ammended%20to%202013.06).pdf |url-status=live}}</ref> South Lethbridge (pop. 32,412)<ref name="2019census" /> is the commercial heart of the city; it contains the downtown core, [[Downtown Lethbridge]], the bulk of retail and hospitality establishments, and the [[Lethbridge Polytechnic]].

=== Climate ===
Lethbridge has a [[semi-arid climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification]] ''[[Semi-arid climate#Cold semi-arid climates|BSk]]'') with an average maximum temperature of {{convert|12.8|C}} and an average minimum temperature of {{convert|-1.1|C}}. With [[precipitation]] averaging {{cvt|380.2|mm}}, and 264 dry days on average, Lethbridge is the eleventh driest city in Canada.<ref name="winners" /><ref name="CCN2">{{cite web
 |url=http://climate.weatheroffice.gc.ca/climate_normals/results_e.html?stnID=2265&lang=e&dCode=0&province=ALTA&provBut=Search&month1=0&month2=12
 |title=Lethbridge CDA, Alberta
 |work=Canadian Climate Normals 1971–2000
 |publisher=[[Environment and Climate Change Canada]]
 |date=February 4, 2013
|access-date=April 18, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121120174644/http://www.climate.weatheroffice.gc.ca/climate_normals/results_e.html?stnID=2265&lang=e&dCode=0&province=ALTA&provBut=Search&month1=0&month2=12
 |archive-date=November 20, 2012
}}</ref> Mean relative humidity in the morning hovers between 69 and 78% throughout the year, but afternoon mean relative humidity is more uneven, ranging from 38% in August to 58% in January.<ref name= CCN1 /> On average, Lethbridge has 116 days with wind speed of {{cvt|40|km/h}} or higher, ranking it as the second city in Canada for such weather.<ref name="winners">[http://www.climate.weatheroffice.gc.ca/winners/citydata_e.html?SelectedCity=63 Weather Winners], Environment and Climate Change Canada. Retrieved January 7, 2011. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305104817/http://www.climate.weatheroffice.gc.ca/winners/citydata_e.html?SelectedCity=63 |date=March 5, 2012}}</ref>

Its high [[elevation]] of {{cvt|929|m}} and close proximity to the [[Rocky Mountains]] provides Lethbridge with cooler summers than other locations in the [[Canadian Prairies]].<ref name="bus-inv-profile">[http://www.chooselethbridge.ca/docs/files/Environics%20-%20EDL%20Trade%20Catchment%20Study.pdf Lethbridge Trade Area and Commercial Catchment Study] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161129082627/http://www.chooselethbridge.ca/docs/files/Environics%20-%20EDL%20Trade%20Catchment%20Study.pdf |date=November 29, 2016}}, Economic Development Lethbridge. 2016. Retrieved November 28, 2016.</ref> These factors protect the city from strong northwest and southwest winds and contribute to frequent [[Chinook wind]]s during the winter. Lethbridge winters have the highest temperatures in the prairies, reducing the severity and duration of winter cold periods and resulting in fewer days with [[snow]] cover.<ref name="chamber">[https://web.archive.org/web/20070110033256/http://www.lethbridgechamber.com/community.php Community Profile], Lethbridge Chamber of Commerce. Retrieved December 24, 2006.</ref> The average daytime temperature peaks by the end of July/beginning of August, when it reaches {{convert|26.4|C}}.<ref>{{cite web|title=Climate Data Almanac for August 02 |url=http://climate.weatheroffice.gc.ca/climateData/almanac_e.html?timeframe=4&Prov=ALTA&StationID=2263&Year=2001&Month=8&Day=2 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130628035057/http://climate.weatheroffice.gc.ca/climateData/almanac_e.html?timeframe=4&Prov=ALTA&StationID=2263&Year=2001&Month=8&Day=2 |archive-date=June 28, 2013 |work=Environment and Climate Change Canada |access-date=June 25, 2013}}</ref> The city's temperature reaches a maximum high of {{convert|35.0|C}} or greater on average once or twice a year.<ref name= CCN1 />

The highest temperature ever recorded in Lethbridge was {{convert|40.5|C}} on August 10, 2018.<ref>{{cite web
|title=Daily Data Report for August, 2018
|url=http://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_data/daily_data_e.html?hlyRange=2011-01-11%7C2018-09-06&dlyRange=2011-01-13%7C2018-09-06&mlyRange=%7C&StationID=49268&Prov=AB&urlExtension=_e.html&searchType=stnProx&optLimit=specDate&Month=8&Day=10&StartYear=1840&EndYear=2018&Year=2018&selRowPerPage=25&Line=3&txtRadius=25&optProxType=navLink&txtLatDecDeg=49.695&txtLongDecDeg=112.7675&timeframe=2
|work=Environment and Climate Change Canada
|date=October 31, 2011
|access-date=August 12, 2018
|archive-date=September 7, 2018
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180907221227/http://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_data/daily_data_e.html?hlyRange=2011-01-11%7C2018-09-06&dlyRange=2011-01-13%7C2018-09-06&mlyRange=%7C&StationID=49268&Prov=AB&urlExtension=_e.html&searchType=stnProx&optLimit=specDate&Month=8&Day=10&StartYear=1840&EndYear=2018&Year=2018&selRowPerPage=25&Line=3&txtRadius=25&optProxType=navLink&txtLatDecDeg=49.695&txtLongDecDeg=112.7675&timeframe=2
|url-status=live
}}</ref> The lowest temperature ever recorded was {{convert|-42.8|C}} on January 7, 1909; December 18, 1924;<ref name="Lethbridge CDA" /> January 3, 1950; and December 29, 1968.<ref name= CCN1 />

[[File:Lethbridge skyline August 2009.jpg|thumb|650px|center|Lethbridge seen from Halmrast Manor]]
{{Weather box
|location = [[Lethbridge Airport]], 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1886–present
| width=auto
|metric first = Y
|single line = Y
|collapsed =

|Jan maximum humidex = 20.0
|Feb maximum humidex = 21.8
|Mar maximum humidex = 26.3
|Apr maximum humidex = 30.2
|May maximum humidex = 35.4
|Jun maximum humidex = 37.7
|Jul maximum humidex = 41.7
|Aug maximum humidex = 40.1
|Sep maximum humidex = 36.1
|Oct maximum humidex = 30.1
|Nov maximum humidex = 23.0
|Dec maximum humidex = 17.8
|year maximum humidex =

|Jan record high C = 20.0
|Feb record high C = 21.8
|Mar record high C = 26.8
|Apr record high C = 33.9
|May record high C = 34.2
|Jun record high C = 38.3
|Jul record high C = 40.0
|Aug record high C = 40.5
|Sep record high C = 36.7
|Oct record high C = 31.7
|Nov record high C = 23.3
|Dec record high C = 19.4
|year record high C = 40.5

|Jan high C = 0.1
|Feb high C = 1.7
|Mar high C = 6.4
|Apr high C = 12.6
|May high C = 18.2
|Jun high C = 21.8
|Jul high C = 26.3
|Aug high C = 26.3
|Sep high C = 21.0
|Oct high C = 13.3
|Nov high C = 5.5
|Dec high C = 0.7
|year high C =

|Jan mean C = -6.0
|Feb mean C = -4.6
|Mar mean C = -0.2
|Apr mean C = 5.7
|May mean C = 11.1
|Jun mean C = 15.1
|Jul mean C = 18.4
|Aug mean C = 17.9
|Sep mean C = 13.2
|Oct mean C = 6.4
|Nov mean C = -0.5
|Dec mean C = -5.3
|year mean C =

|Jan low C = -12.1
|Feb low C = -11.0
|Mar low C = -6.8
|Apr low C = -1.3
|May low C = 3.9
|Jun low C = 8.3
|Jul low C = 10.5
|Aug low C = 9.4
|Sep low C = 5.3
|Oct low C = -0.6
|Nov low C = -6.6
|Dec low C = -11.2
|year low C =

|Jan record low C = −42.8
|Feb record low C = −42.2
|Mar record low C = −38.0
|Apr record low C = −27.2
|May record low C = −12.8
|Jun record low C = −3.3
|Jul record low C = 0.0
|Aug record low C = −1.7
|Sep record low C = −15.6
|Oct record low C = −26.7
|Nov record low C = −35.6
|Dec record low C = −42.8
|year record low C = −42.8

|Jan chill = −54.5
|Feb chill = −51.3
|Mar chill = −49.7
|Apr chill = −32.6
|May chill = −16.3
|Jun chill = −6.9
|Jul chill = 0.0
|Aug chill = −2.6
|Sep chill = −13.9
|Oct chill = −36.0
|Nov chill = −47.1
|Dec chill = −55.7
|year chill =

|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 11.0
|Feb precipitation mm = 10.3
|Mar precipitation mm = 16.6
|Apr precipitation mm = 28.4
|May precipitation mm = 57.2
|Jun precipitation mm = 92.9
|Jul precipitation mm = 39.9
|Aug precipitation mm = 32.5
|Sep precipitation mm = 32.1
|Oct precipitation mm = 24.2
|Nov precipitation mm = 15.9
|Dec precipitation mm = 11.5
|year precipitation mm =

|unit precipitation days = 0.2 mm
|Jan precipitation days = 8.4
|Feb precipitation days = 6.8
|Mar precipitation days = 9.2
|Apr precipitation days = 10.4
|May precipitation days = 12.8
|Jun precipitation days = 13.5
|Jul precipitation days = 10.5
|Aug precipitation days = 8.5
|Sep precipitation days = 9.4
|Oct precipitation days = 7.6
|Nov precipitation days = 8.5
|Dec precipitation days = 7.9
|year precipitation days =

|rain colour = green
|Jan rain mm = 0.2
|Feb rain mm = 0.4
|Mar rain mm = 2.0
|Apr rain mm = 19.2
|May rain mm = 45.4
|Jun rain mm = 96.6
|Jul rain mm = 37.7
|Aug rain mm = 32.7
|Sep rain mm = 34.7
|Oct rain mm = 12.6
|Nov rain mm = 2.3
|Dec rain mm = 0.5
|year rain mm =

|Jan rain days = 0.29
|Feb rain days = 0.17
|Mar rain days = 1.3
|Apr rain days = 6.9
|May rain days = 11.0
|Jun rain days = 12.9
|Jul rain days = 9.2
|Aug rain days = 7.7
|Sep rain days = 9.1
|Oct rain days = 5.3
|Nov rain days = 2.1
|Dec rain days = 0.59
|year rain days =

|snow colour = green
|Jan snow cm = 13.3
|Feb snow cm = 15.1
|Mar snow cm = 18.0
|Apr snow cm = 13.1
|May snow cm = 5.1
|Jun snow cm = 0.0
|Jul snow cm = 0.0
|Aug snow cm = 1.3
|Sep snow cm = 1.3
|Oct snow cm = 9.5
|Nov snow cm = 16.4
|Dec snow cm = 14.8
|year snow cm =

|unit snow days = 0.2 cm
|Jan snow days = 8.0
|Feb snow days = 7.2
|Mar snow days = 7.6
|Apr snow days = 4.1
|May snow days = 1.4
|Jun snow days = 0.0
|Jul snow days = 0.0
|Aug snow days = 0.18
|Sep snow days = 0.38
|Oct snow days = 2.7
|Nov snow days = 6.6
|Dec snow days = 6.7
|year snow days =

|time day = 15:00 LST
|Jan humidity = 59.9
|Feb humidity = 53.9
|Mar humidity = 49.7
|Apr humidity = 40.4
|May humidity = 40.5
|Jun humidity = 44.5
|Jul humidity = 39.2
|Aug humidity = 36.6
|Sep humidity = 39.9
|Oct humidity = 44.4
|Nov humidity = 56.9
|Dec humidity = 57.3
|year humidity =

|Jan sun = 110.2
|Feb sun = 147.0
|Mar sun = 186.1
|Apr sun = 233.4
|May sun = 277.0
|Jun sun = 290.3
|Jul sun = 322.1
|Aug sun = 297.5
|Sep sun = 228.5
|Oct sun = 189.7
|Nov sun = 119.1
|Dec sun = 106.5
|year sun = 2507.3
|Jan percentsun = 41.1
|Feb percentsun = 51.5
|Mar percentsun = 50.6
|Apr percentsun = 56.7
|May percentsun = 58.2
|Jun percentsun = 59.7
|Jul percentsun = 65.6
|Aug percentsun = 66.5
|Sep percentsun = 60.2
|Oct percentsun = 56.6
|Nov percentsun = 43.5
|Dec percentsun = 41.8
|year percentsun = 54.3

|source 1 = [[Environment and Climate Change Canada]]<ref name="CCN1">
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|url = https://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_normals/results_1991_2020_e.html?searchType=stnProv&lstProvince=AB&txtCentralLatMin=0&txtCentralLatSec=0&txtCentralLongMin=0&txtCentralLongSec=0&stnID=294000000&dispBack=0
|publisher = Environment and Climate Change Canada
|title = Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020
|access-date = September 30, 2024
}}
</ref><ref>
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| url = http://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_data/daily_data_e.html?hlyRange=%7C&dlyRange=1886-06-01%7C1921-07-31&mlyRange=1886-01-01%7C1921-12-01&StationID=2262&Prov=AB&urlExtension=_e.html&searchType=stnProx&optLimit=specDate&StartYear=1840&EndYear=2016&selRowPerPage=25&Line=0&txtRadius=25&optProxType=navLink&txtLatDecDeg=49.695&txtLongDecDeg=112.7675&timeframe=2&Year=1886&Month=7
| title = Lethbridge
| work = Canadian Climate Data
| date = October 31, 2011
| publisher = Environment and Climate Change Canada
| access-date = May 15, 2016
| archive-date = October 11, 2018
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}}</ref><ref name="Lethbridge CDA">{{cite web
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| work = Canadian Climate Normals 1971–2000
| date = January 19, 2011
| publisher = Environment and Climate Change Canada
| access-date = May 15, 2016
| archive-date = October 11, 2018
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181011172933/http://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_normals/results_e.html?searchType=stnName&txtStationName=lethbridge&searchMethod=contains&txtCentralLatMin=0&txtCentralLatSec=0&txtCentralLongMin=0&txtCentralLongSec=0&stnID=2265&dispBack=0
| url-status = live
}}</ref><ref name="CCN3">{{cite web
| url = ftp://ftp.tor.ec.gc.ca/Pub/Normals/English/ALTA/ALTA_FORE-ROCK_ENG.csv
| title = Lethbridge A, Alberta
| work = Canadian Climate Normals 1981–2010
| publisher = Environment and Climate Change Canada
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| archive-date = 2020-03-11
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| title = April 1910
| work = Canadian Climate Data
| date = October 31, 2011
| publisher =Environment and Climate Change Canada
| access-date = May 15, 2016
| archive-date = October 11, 2018
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}}</ref><ref name="January 2015">{{cite web
| url = http://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_data/daily_data_e.html?hlyRange=1994-06-07%7C2016-05-14&dlyRange=1908-02-01%7C2016-05-14&mlyRange=1908-01-01%7C2007-11-01&StationID=2265&Prov=AB&urlExtension=_e.html&searchType=stnProx&optLimit=specDate&Month=1&Day=1&StartYear=1840&EndYear=2016&Year=2015&selRowPerPage=25&Line=0&txtRadius=25&optProxType=navLink&txtLatDecDeg=49.630277777778&txtLongDecDeg=112.79972222222&timeframe=2
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| work = Canadian Climate Data
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| publisher = Environment and Climate Change Canada
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| url-status = live
}}</ref>
|date=August 2010
}}

== Demographics ==
{{Historical populations
|title = Federal census<br />population history
|type = Canada
|width =
|state =
|shading =
|percentages =
|footnote = ''Source: [[Statistics Canada]]''<br /><ref name=1906census>{{cite book | title=Census of the Northwest Provinces, 1906 | volume=Sessional Paper No. 17a | year=1907 | publisher=[[Government of Canada]] | location=Ottawa | page=100 | chapter=Table IX: Population of cities, towns and incorporated villages in 1906 and 1901 as classed in 1906}}</ref><ref name=1911census>{{cite book | title=Census of Canada, 1911 | volume=I | year=1912 | publisher=[[Government of Canada]] | location=Ottawa | pages=2–39 | chapter=Table I: Area and Population of Canada by Provinces, Districts and Subdistricts in 1911 and Population in 1901}}</ref><ref name=1916census>{{cite book | title=Census of Prairie Provinces, 1916 | volume=Population and Agriculture | year=1918 | publisher=[[Government of Canada]] | location=Ottawa | pages=77–140 | chapter=Table I: Population of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta by Districts, Townships, Cities, Towns, and Incorporated Villages in 1916, 1911, 1906, and 1901}}</ref><ref name=1921census>{{cite book | title=Census of Canada, 1921 | year=1922 | publisher=[[Government of Canada]] | location=Ottawa | pages=169–215 | chapter=Table 8: Population by districts and sub-districts according to the Redistribution Act of 1914 and the amending act of 1915, compared for the census years 1921, 1911 and 1901}}</ref><ref name=1926census>{{cite book | title=Census of Prairie Provinces, 1926 | volume=Census of Alberta, 1926 | year=1927 | publisher=[[Government of Canada]] | location=Ottawa | pages=565–567 | chapter=Table 7: Population of cities, towns and villages for the province of Alberta in census years 1901–26, as classed in 1926}}</ref><ref name=1931census>{{cite book | title=Census of Canada, 1931 | year=1932 | publisher=[[Government of Canada]] | location=Ottawa | pages=98–102 | chapter=Table 12: Population of Canada by provinces, counties or census divisions and subdivisions, 1871–1931}}</ref><ref name=1936census>{{cite book | title=Census of the Prairie Provinces, 1936 | volume=I: Population and Agriculture | year=1938 | publisher=[[Statistics Canada|Dominion Bureau of Statistics]] | location=Ottawa | pages=833–836 | chapter=Table 4: Population in incorporated cities, towns and villages, 1901–1936}}</ref><ref name=1941census>{{cite book | title=Eighth Census of Canada, 1941 | volume=II: Population by Local Subdivisions | year=1944 | publisher=[[Statistics Canada|Dominion Bureau of Statistics]] | location=Ottawa | pages=134–141 | chapter=Table 10: Population by census subdivisions, 1871–1941}}</ref><ref name=1946census>{{cite book | title=Census of the Prairie Provinces, 1946 | volume=I: Population | year=1949 | publisher=[[Statistics Canada|Dominion Bureau of Statistics]] | location=Ottawa | pages=401–414 | chapter=Table 6: Population by census subdivisions, 1926–1946}}</ref><ref name=1951census>{{cite book | title=Ninth Census of Canada, 1951 | volume=I: Population, General Characteristics | year=1953 | publisher=[[Statistics Canada|Dominion Bureau of Statistics]] | location=Ottawa | page=6.73–6.83 | chapter=Table 6: Population by census subdivisions, 1871–1951}}</ref><ref name=1956census>{{cite book | title=Census of Canada, 1956 | volume=Population, Counties and Subdivisions | year=1957 | publisher=[[Statistics Canada|Dominion Bureau of Statistics]] | location=Ottawa | page=6.50–6.53 | chapter=Table 6: Population by sex, for census subdivisions, 1956 and 1951}}</ref><br />
<ref name=2011censusABmunis>{{cite web | url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/hlt-fst/pd-pl/Table-Tableau.cfm?LANG=Eng&T=302&SR=1&S=51&O=A&RPP=9999&PR=48&CMA=0 | title=Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2011 and 2006 censuses | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=February 8, 2012 | access-date=February 8, 2012 | archive-date=July 22, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120722143610/http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/hlt-fst/pd-pl/Table-Tableau.cfm?LANG=Eng&T=302&SR=1&S=51&O=A&RPP=9999&PR=48&CMA=0 | url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=1961census>{{cite book | title=1961 Census of Canada | series=Series 1.1: Historical, 1901–1961 | volume=I: Population | year=1963 | publisher=[[Statistics Canada|Dominion Bureau of Statistics]] | location=Ottawa | page=6.77–6.83 | chapter=Table 6: Population by census subdivisions, 1901–1961}}</ref><ref name=1966census>{{cite book | title=Census of Canada, 1966 | volume=Population, Specified Age Groups and Sex for Counties and Census Subdivisions, 1966 | year=1968 | publisher=[[Statistics Canada|Dominion Bureau of Statistics]] | location=Ottawa | page=6.50–6.53 | chapter=Population by specified age groups and sex, for census subdivisions, 1966}}</ref><ref name=1971census>{{cite book | title=1971 Census of Canada | volume=I: Population, Census Subdivisions (Historical) | year=1973 | publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] | location=Ottawa | page=2.102–2.111 | chapter=Table 2: Population of Census Subdivisions, 1921–1971}}</ref><ref name=1976census>{{cite book | title=1976 Census of Canada | series=Census Divisions and Subdivisions, Western Provinces and the Territories | volume=I: Population, Geographic Distributions | year=1977 | publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] | location=Ottawa | page=3.40–3.43| chapter=Table 3: Population for census divisions and subdivisions, 1971 and 1976}}</ref><ref name=1981census>{{cite book | title=1981 Census of Canada | volume=II: Provincial series, Population, Geographic distributions (Alberta) | year=1982 | publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] | location=Ottawa | page=4.1–4.10| chapter=Table 4: Population and Total Occupied Dwellings, for Census Divisions and Subdivisions, 1976 and 1981 | isbn=0-660-51095-2}}</ref><ref name=1986census>{{cite book | title=Census Canada 1986 | volume=Population and Dwelling Counts—Provinces and Territories (Alberta) | year=1987 | publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] | location=Ottawa | page=2.1–2.10 | chapter=Table 2: Census Divisions and Subdivisions—Population and Occupied Private Dwellings, 1981 and 1986 | isbn=0-660-53463-0}}</ref><ref name=1991census>{{cite book | title=91 Census | volume=Population and Dwelling Counts—Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions | year=1992 | publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] | location=Ottawa | pages=100–108 | chapter=Table 2: Population and Dwelling Counts, for Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions, 1986 and 1991—100% Data | isbn=0-660-57115-3}}</ref><ref name=1996census>{{cite book | title=96 Census | volume=A National Overview—Population and Dwelling Counts | year=1997 | publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] | location=Ottawa | pages=136–146 | chapter=Table 10: Population and Dwelling Counts, for Census Divisions, Census Subdivisions (Municipalities) and Designated Places, 1991 and 1996 Censuses—100% Data | isbn=0-660-59283-5}}</ref><ref name=2001censusa>{{cite web | title=Population and Dwelling Counts, for Canada, Provinces and Territories, and Census Divisions, 2001 and 1996 Censuses—100% Data (Alberta) | url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/english/census01/products/standard/popdwell/Table-CSD-D.cfm?PR=48 | publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] | access-date=April 1, 2012 | archive-date=August 21, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130821141306/http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/english/census01/products/standard/popdwell/Table-CSD-D.cfm?PR=48 | url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=2006censusa>{{cite web | title=Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2006 and 2001 censuses—100% data (Alberta) | url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/hlt/97-550/Index.cfm?TPL=P1C&Page=RETR&LANG=Eng&T=302&SR=1&S=1&O=A&RPP=9999&PR=48&CMA=0 | publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] | date=January 6, 2010 | access-date=April 1, 2012 | archive-date=May 28, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120528102911/http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/hlt/97-550/Index.cfm?TPL=P1C&Page=RETR&LANG=Eng&T=302&SR=1&S=1&O=A&RPP=9999&PR=48&CMA=0 | url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=2016censusABmunis/>
|[[1901 Canadian census|1901]]|2072
|[[1906 Canadian census|1906]]|2313
|[[1911 Canadian census|1911]]|8050
|[[1916 Canadian census|1916]]|9436
|[[1921 Canadian census|1921]]|11097
|[[1926 Canadian census|1926]]|10735
|[[1931 Canadian census|1931]]|13489
|[[1936 Canadian census|1936]]|13523
|[[1941 Canadian census|1941]]|14612
|[[1946 Canadian census|1946]]|16522
|[[1951 Canadian census|1951]]|22947
|[[1956 Canadian census|1956]]|29462
|[[1961 Canadian census|1961]]|35454
|[[1966 Canadian census|1966]]|37186
|[[1971 Canadian census|1971]]|41217
|[[1976 Canadian census|1976]]|46752
|[[1981 Canadian census|1981]]|54072
|[[1986 Canadian census|1986]]|58841
|[[1991 Canadian census|1991]]|60974
|[[1996 Canadian census|1996]]|63053
|[[2001 Canadian census|2001]]|67374
|[[2006 Canadian census|2006]]|74637
|[[2011 Canadian census|2011]]|83517
|[[2016 Canadian census|2016]]|92729
|[[2021 Canadian census|2021]]|98406
}}

In the [[2021 Canadian census]] conducted by [[Statistics Canada]], the City of Lethbridge had a population of 98,406 living in 40,225 of its 42,862 total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:98406-92729}}|92729|1}} from its 2016 population of 92,729. With a land area of {{cvt|121.12|km2}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|98406|121.12|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.<ref name=2021census>{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000202&geocode=A000248 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities) | publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] | date=February 9, 2022 | accessdate=February 9, 2022}}</ref>

At the [[Census geographic units of Canada#Census metropolitan areas|census metropolitan area]] (CMA) level in the 2021 census, the Lethbridge CMA had a population of 123,847 living in 48,647 of its 51,735 total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:123847-117394}}|117394|1}} from its 2016 population of 117,394. With a land area of {{cvt|2958.96|km2}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|123847|2958.96|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.<ref name=2021censusCMA/>

The population of the City of Lethbridge according to its [[2019 Alberta municipal censuses|2019 municipal census]] was 101,482,<ref name="2019census">{{cite web|date=|title=Census Results 2019|url=https://www.lethbridge.ca/City-Government/Census/Pages/Census-Results-2017.aspx|access-date=June 24, 2019|publisher=City of Lethbridge|archive-date=May 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200506231249/https://www.lethbridge.ca/City-Government/Census/Pages/Census-Results-2017.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref> a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:101482-99769}}|99769|1}} from its [[2018 Alberta municipal censuses|2018 municipal census]] population of 99,769.<ref name=2018MAPL>{{cite book | url=http://municipalaffairs.gov.ab.ca/documents/2018_MAPL_web.pdf | title=2018 Municipal Affairs Population List | publisher=[[Alberta Municipal Affairs]] | isbn=978-1-4601-4254-7 | date=December 2018 | access-date=July 18, 2019 | archive-date=August 19, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190819075500/http://www.municipalaffairs.gov.ab.ca/documents/2018_MAPL_web.pdf | url-status=live}}</ref> With the 2019 municipal census results, the City of Lethbridge became the [[List of cities in Alberta|fourth city in Alberta]] to surpass 100,000 people.

In its [[2023 Alberta municipal censuses|2023 municipal census]], the City of Lethbridge's population was found to have grown to 106,550, an increase of 4.99% from its [[2019 Alberta municipal censuses|2019 municipal census]] population of 101,482.<ref name=2023census/>

In the [[2016 Canadian census]] conducted by Statistics Canada, the City of Lethbridge had a population of 92,729 living in 37,575 of its 39,867 total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:92729-83517}}|83517|1}} from its 2011 population of 83,517. With a land area of {{cvt|122.09|km2}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|92729|122.09|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2016.<ref name=2016censusABmunis>{{cite web | url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/hlt-fst/pd-pl/Table.cfm?Lang=Eng&T=302&SR=1&S=86&O=A&RPP=9999&PR=48 | title=Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses—100% data (Alberta) | publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] | date=February 8, 2017 | access-date=February 8, 2017 | archive-date=December 25, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225091052/https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/hlt-fst/pd-pl/Table.cfm?Lang=Eng&T=302&SR=1&S=86&O=A&RPP=9999&PR=48%20 | url-status=live}}</ref> The same census reported that the metropolitan area of Lethbridge was 117,394 in 2016, up from 105,999 in 2011.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CMACA&Code1=810&Geo2=PR&Code2=48&Data=Count&SearchText=Lethbridge&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&GeoLevel=PR&GeoCode=810&TABID=1 |title=Census Profile, 2016 Census—Lethbridge [Census metropolitan area], Alberta and Alberta [Province] |author=Government of Canada, Statistics Canada |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca |date=February 8, 2017 |language=en |access-date=March 2, 2017 |archive-date=March 3, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170303122929/http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CMACA&Code1=810&Geo2=PR&Code2=48&Data=Count&SearchText=Lethbridge&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&GeoLevel=PR&GeoCode=810&TABID=1 |url-status=live}}</ref> Subsequent data from Statistics Canada showed that the 2020 metropolitan population was 128,851, an increase of 1.5% over the previous year.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Franklin|first=Michael|date=January 14, 2021|title=Calgary's population grew by almost 2% last year: StatCan report|url=https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/calgary-s-population-grew-by-almost-2-last-year-statcan-report-1.5267100|access-date=June 3, 2021|newspaper=Calgary|language=en|archive-date=June 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210603142031/https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/calgary-s-population-grew-by-almost-2-last-year-statcan-report-1.5267100|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Religion ===
In 2021,<ref>{{Cite web |title=2021 Census Profile- Lethbridge, City | date=February 9, 2022 |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=lethbridge&DGUIDlist=2021A00054802012&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1&HEADERlist=0 |publisher=Statistics Canada}}</ref> 49.8% of residents were [[Christianity|Christians]], down from 64.6% in 2011.<ref>{{Cite web |title=NHS Profile, Lethbridge, CY, Alberta, 2011 | date=May 8, 2013 |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=4802012&Data=Count&SearchText=lethbridge&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&A1=All&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1 |publisher=Statistics Canada}}</ref> 16.1% of the population were [[Catholic Church|Catholic]], 12.9% were [[Protestantism|Protestant]], and 11.3% were Christians of unspecified denomination. All other Christian denominations and Christian-related traditions made up 9.6%, including a large population of [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] adherents (5.8%). 44.3% of the population was nonreligious or secular, up from 32.4% in 2011. 8.1% followed a religion (or spiritual belief) other than Christianity. The largest non-Christian religions were [[Islam]] (1.9%), [[Hinduism]] (1.3%), and [[Buddhism]] (1.1%).

=== Language ===
According to the 2021 census, 83.9% of residents spoke English as a [[first language]]. Other common mother tongues were Spanish (1.6%),[[Tagalog language|Tagalog]] (1.4%), [[Nepali language|Nepali]] (1.0%), German (0.9%), French (0.8%), [[Chinese language|Chinese Languages]] (0.7%), [[Arabic]] (0.7%) and [[Dutch language|Dutch]] (0.6%). 1.7% of residents claimed both English and a non-official language as their first language.

=== Ethnicity ===
Lethbridge had 12.9% visible minorities and 7.1% Aboriginal in 2016. Below is a full break down of the demographics. The city is also the home of the largest [[Demographics of Bhutan|Bhutanese]] community in Canada.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/1329208/lethbridge-home-to-the-largest-bhutanese-community-in-canada/|title=Lethbridge home to the largest Bhutanese community in Canada &#124; Globalnews.ca|website=Global News|access-date=November 28, 2020|archive-date=December 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201207195730/https://globalnews.ca/news/1329208/lethbridge-home-to-the-largest-bhutanese-community-in-canada/|url-status=live}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable collapsible sortable"
|+ [[Panethnicity|Panethnic]] groups in the City of Lethbridge (1986−2021)
! rowspan="2" |[[Panethnicity|Panethnic]]<br />group
! colspan="2" |2021<ref name="2021censusB">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=October 26, 2022 |title= Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=Lethbridge&DGUIDlist=2021A00054802012&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1,4&HEADERlist=0 |access-date=April 1, 2023 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |2016<ref name="2016census">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=October 27, 2021 |title= Census Profile, 2016 Census |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=4802012&Geo2=CD&Code2=4802&SearchText=Lethbridge&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&TABID=1&type=0 |access-date=April 1, 2023 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |2011<ref name="2011census">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=November 27, 2015 |title= NHS Profile |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=4802012&Data=Count&SearchText=Lethbridge&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&A1=All&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1 |access-date=April 1, 2023 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |2006<ref name="2006census">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=August 20, 2019 |title= 2006 Community Profiles |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/prof/92-591/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=4802012&Geo2=PR&Code2=48&Data=Count&SearchText=Lethbridge&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom= |access-date=April 1, 2023 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |2001<ref name="2001census">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=July 2, 2019 |title= 2001 Community Profiles |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/english/Profil01/CP01/Details/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=4802012&Geo2=PR&Code2=48&Data=Count&SearchText=Lethbridge&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom= |access-date=April 1, 2023 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |1996<ref name="1996censusB">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=June 4, 2019 |title= Electronic Area Profiles Profile of Census Divisions and Subdivisions, 1996 Census |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/english/census96/data/profiles/Rp-eng.cfm?LANG=E&APATH=3&DETAIL=0&DIM=0&FL=A&FREE=0&GC=0&GID=0&GK=0&GRP=1&PID=35782&PRID=0&PTYPE=3&S=0&SHOWALL=0&SUB=0&Temporal=1996&THEME=34&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF= |access-date=May 5, 2023 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |1991<ref name="1991censusB">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=March 29, 2019 |title= 1991 Census Area Profiles Profile of Census Divisions and Subdivisions - Part B |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/English/census91/data/profiles/Rp-eng.cfm?LANG=E&APATH=3&DETAIL=1&DIM=0&FL=A&FREE=1&GC=0&GID=0&GK=0&GRP=1&PID=30&PRID=0&PTYPE=3&S=0&SHOWALL=No&SUB=0&Temporal=1991&THEME=113&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF= |access-date=May 5, 2023 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref><ref name="1991censusC">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=March 29, 2019 |title= Data tables, 1991 Census Population by Ethnic Origin (24), Showing Single and Multiple Origins (2) - Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/English/census91/data/tables/Rp-eng.cfm?LANG=E&APATH=3&DETAIL=1&DIM=0&FL=A&FREE=1&GC=0&GID=0&GK=0&GRP=1&PID=61&PRID=0&PTYPE=4&S=0&SHOWALL=No&SUB=0&Temporal=1991&THEME=104&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF= |access-date=May 5, 2023 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |1986<ref name="1986censusB">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=June 27, 2019
|title= Data tables, 1986 Census Profile for Canada, Provinces and Territories, Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions, 1986 Census - Part A |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/English/census86/data/tables/Rp-eng.cfm?LANG=E&APATH=3&DETAIL=1&DIM=0&FL=A&FREE=1&GC=0&GID=0&GK=0&GRP=1&PID=113684&PRID=0&PTYPE=113679&S=0&SHOWALL=No&SUB=0&Temporal=1986&THEME=133&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF= |access-date=May 5, 2023 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref><ref name="1986censusC">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=June 27, 2019
|title= Data tables, 1986 Census Profile for Canada, Provinces and Territories, Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions, 1986 Census - Part B |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/English/census86/data/tables/Rp-eng.cfm?LANG=E&APATH=3&DETAIL=1&DIM=0&FL=A&FREE=1&GC=0&GID=0&GK=0&GRP=1&PID=113685&PRID=0&PTYPE=113679&S=0&SHOWALL=No&SUB=0&Temporal=1986&THEME=133&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF= |access-date=May 5, 2023 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref><ref name="indigenous1986">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=April 3, 2013
|title= Canada's aboriginal population by census subdivisions from the 1986 Census of Canada |url=https://publications.gc.ca/site/eng/9.697442/publication.html |access-date=May 5, 2023 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref>{{rp|86}}
|-
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!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}
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!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}
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!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
|-
| [[European Canadians|European]]{{efn|Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.|name=euro}}
| 74,245
| {{Percentage | 74245 | 96275 | 2}}
| 73,505
| {{Percentage | 73505 | 90480 | 2}}
| 70,630
| {{Percentage | 70630 | 81390 | 2}}
| 65,000
| {{Percentage | 65000 | 73515 | 2}}
| 60,150
| {{Percentage | 60150 | 66270 | 2}}
| 55,520
| {{Percentage | 55520 | 62190 | 2}}
| 52,760
| {{Percentage | 52760 | 60195 | 2}}
| 52,945
| {{Percentage | 52945 | 58065 | 2}}
|-
| [[Indigenous peoples in Canada|Indigenous]]
| 6,395
| {{Percentage | 6395 | 96275 | 2}}
| 5,290
| {{Percentage | 5290 | 90480 | 2}}
| 3,770
| {{Percentage | 3770 | 81390 | 2}}
| 3,455
| {{Percentage | 3455 | 73515 | 2}}
| 2,290
| {{Percentage | 2290 | 66270 | 2}}
| 1,810
| {{Percentage | 1810 | 62190 | 2}}
| 2,980
| {{Percentage | 2980 | 60195 | 2}}
| 1,710
| {{Percentage | 1710 | 58065 | 2}}
|-
| [[Southeast Asian Canadians|Southeast Asian]]{{efn|Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.|name=SoutheastAsian}}
| 3,105
| {{Percentage | 3105 | 96275 | 2}}
| 2,390
| {{Percentage | 2390 | 90480 | 2}}
| 1,125
| {{Percentage | 1125 | 81390 | 2}}
| 655
| {{Percentage | 655 | 73515 | 2}}
| 395
| {{Percentage | 395 | 66270 | 2}}
| 555
| {{Percentage | 555 | 62190 | 2}}
| 515
| {{Percentage | 515 | 60195 | 2}}
| 230
| {{Percentage | 200 | 58065 | 2}}
|-
| [[Black Canadians|African]]
| 3,105
| {{Percentage | 3105 | 96275 | 2}}
| 1,895
| {{Percentage | 1895 | 90480 | 2}}
| 805
| {{Percentage | 805 | 81390 | 2}}
| 410
| {{Percentage | 410 | 73515 | 2}}
| 205
| {{Percentage | 205 | 66270 | 2}}
| 230
| {{Percentage | 230 | 62190 | 2}}
| 115
| {{Percentage | 115 | 60195 | 2}}
| 55
| {{Percentage | 55 | 58065 | 2}}
|-
| [[East Asian Canadians|East Asian]]{{efn|Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.|name=EastAsian}}
| 3,065
| {{Percentage | 3065 | 96275 | 2}}
| 2,770
| {{Percentage | 2770 | 90480 | 2}}
| 2,885
| {{Percentage | 2885 | 81390 | 2}}
| 2,360
| {{Percentage | 2360 | 73515 | 2}}
| 2,495
| {{Percentage | 2495 | 66270 | 2}}
| 2,990
| {{Percentage | 2990 | 62190 | 2}}
| 3,085
| {{Percentage | 3085 | 60195 | 2}}
| 2,675
| {{Percentage | 2675 | 58065 | 2}}
|-
| [[South Asian Canadians|South Asian]]
| 2,990
| {{Percentage | 2990 | 96275 | 2}}
| 2,055
| {{Percentage | 2055 | 90480 | 2}}
| 920
| {{Percentage | 920 | 81390 | 2}}
| 575
| {{Percentage | 575 | 73515 | 2}}
| 265
| {{Percentage | 265 | 66270 | 2}}
| 235
| {{Percentage | 235 | 62190 | 2}}
| 290
| {{Percentage | 290 | 60195 | 2}}
| 70
| {{Percentage | 65 | 58065 | 2}}
|-
| [[Latin American Canadians|Latin American]]
| 1,955
| {{Percentage | 1955 | 96275 | 2}}
| 1,510
| {{Percentage | 1510 | 90480 | 2}}
| 680
| {{Percentage | 680 | 81390 | 2}}
| 705
| {{Percentage | 705 | 73515 | 2}}
| 365
| {{Percentage | 365 | 66270 | 2}}
| 705
| {{Percentage | 705 | 62190 | 2}}
| 365
| {{Percentage | 365 | 60195 | 2}}
| 275
| {{Percentage | 275 | 58065 | 2}}
|-
| [[Middle Eastern Canadians|Middle Eastern]]{{efn|Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.|name=MiddleEastern}}
| 740
| {{Percentage | 740 | 96275 | 2}}
| 720
| {{Percentage | 720 | 90480 | 2}}
| 235
| {{Percentage | 235 | 81390 | 2}}
| 230
| {{Percentage | 230 | 73515 | 2}}
| 40
| {{Percentage | 40 | 66270 | 2}}
| 55
| {{Percentage | 55 | 62190 | 2}}
| 85
| {{Percentage | 85 | 60195 | 2}}
| 105
| {{Percentage | 105 | 58065 | 2}}
|-
| Other / [[Multiracial people|Multiracial]]{{efn|Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, {{abbr|n.i.e.|not included elsewhere}}" and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.|name=Other}}
| 665
| {{Percentage | 665 | 96275 | 2}}
| 350
| {{Percentage | 350 | 90480 | 2}}
| 335
| {{Percentage | 335 | 81390 | 2}}
| 130
| {{Percentage | 130 | 73515 | 2}}
| 65
| {{Percentage | 65 | 66270 | 2}}
| 85
| {{Percentage | 85 | 62190 | 2}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
|-
! Total responses
! 96,275
! {{Percentage | 96275 | 98406 | 2}}
! 90,480
! {{Percentage | 90480 | 92729 | 2}}
! 81,390
! {{Percentage | 81390 | 83517 | 2}}
! 73,515
! {{Percentage | 73515 | 74637 | 2}}
! 66,270
! {{Percentage | 66270 | 67374 | 2}}
! 62,190
! {{Percentage | 62190 | 63053 | 2}}
! 60,195
! {{Percentage | 60195 | 60974 | 2}}
! 58,065
! {{Percentage | 58065 | 58841 | 2}}
|-
! Total population
! 98,406
! {{Percentage | 98406 | 98406 | 2}}
! 92,729
! {{Percentage | 92729 | 92729 | 2}}
! 83,517
! {{Percentage | 83517 | 83517 | 2}}
! 74,637
! {{Percentage | 74637 | 74637 | 2}}
! 67,374
! {{Percentage | 67374 | 67374 | 2}}
! 63,053
! {{Percentage | 63053 | 63053 | 2}}
! 60,974
! {{Percentage | 60974 | 60974 | 2}}
! 58,841
! {{Percentage | 58841 | 58841 | 2}}
|- class="sortbottom"
| colspan="20" | {{small|Note: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses}}
|}

== Economy ==
{{Main|Economy of Lethbridge}}

[[File:Downtown Lethbridge Skyline.jpg|thumb|[[Downtown Lethbridge]], facing northwest from 8th St. & 6th Ave. South]]

Lethbridge is [[southern Alberta]]'s commercial, distribution, financial and industrial centre (although [[Medicine Hat]] plays a similar role in southeastern Alberta). It has a trading area population of 341,180, including parts of [[British Columbia]],<ref name="bus-inv-profile" /> and provides jobs for up to 86,000&nbsp;people who commute to and within the city from a radius of {{cvt|100|km}}.<ref name="bus-inv-profile" />

Lethbridge's economy has traditionally been agriculture-based; however, it has diversified in recent years. Half of the workforce is employed in the health, education, retail and hospitality sectors,<ref name="stats">[http://www12.statcan.ca/english/Profil01/CP01/Details/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=4802012&Geo2=PR&Code2=48&Data=Count&SearchText=lethbridge&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom= Lethbridge Community Profile.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071217060434/http://www12.statcan.ca/english/Profil01/CP01/Details/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=4802012&Geo2=PR&Code2=48&Data=Count&SearchText=lethbridge&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom=|date=December 17, 2007}} Statistics Canada. 2002. 2001 Community Profiles. Released June 27, 2002. Last modified: December 14, 2006. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 93F0053XIE</ref> and the top five employers are government-based.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chooselethbridge.ca/choosebusiness/workforce_6.jpg |title=Major employers of Lethbridge—2005|publisher=Economic Development Lethbridge|access-date=August 2, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060823023552/http://www.chooselethbridge.ca/choosebusiness/workforce_6.jpg|archive-date=August 23, 2006}}</ref> Several national companies are based in Lethbridge. From its founding in 1935, [[TST-CF Express|Canadian Freightways]] based its head office there until moving operations to Calgary in 1948, though its call centre remains in Lethbridge.<ref>[http://cf.cfmvmt.com/web/cf/cfwebsite.nsf/AllDoc/70F6E63C8217F0BB87256ED0007FC357?OpenDocument Company History], Canadian Freightways. Retrieved December 24, 2006. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071020204708/http://cf.cfmvmt.com/web/cf/cfwebsite.nsf/AllDoc/70F6E63C8217F0BB87256ED0007FC357?OpenDocument |date=October 20, 2007}}</ref> [[TacoTime|Taco Time Canada]] was based in the city from 1978 to 1995 before moving to Calgary.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20061109165207/http://www.tacotimecanada.com/aboutus.php Company History], Taco Time Canada. Retrieved December 24, 2006.</ref> Minute Muffler, which began in 1969, is based in Lethbridge.<ref>[http://www.minutemufflerandbrake.com/history.htm The First 30 Years], Minute Muffler & Brake. Retrieved December 24, 2006. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061030184700/http://www.minutemufflerandbrake.com/history.htm |date=October 30, 2006}}</ref> International [[Freight transportation|shipping]] company H & R Transport has been based in the city since 1955.<ref>[http://www.hrtrans.com/about/history.asp Company History], H & R Transport. Retrieved December 24, 2006. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060903090007/http://www.hrtrans.com/about/history.asp |date=September 3, 2006}}</ref> Braman Furniture, which has locations in [[Manitoba]] and [[Ontario]], was headquartered in Lethbridge from 1991 to 2008.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20071216092007/http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/app/ccc/search/navigate.do?language=eng&portal=1&estblmntNo=123456100604&profile=completeProfile Braman Furniture International], Canadian Company Capabilities, Industry Canada. Last Updated: November 9, 2005.</ref>

Lethbridge serves as a hub for commercial activity in the region by providing services and amenities. There are many [[Transportation in Lethbridge|transport services in Lethbridge]], including [[Red Arrow Motorcoach|Red Arrow]] buses, [[Transportation in Lethbridge#Highways|four provincial highways]], [[Transportation in Lethbridge#Rail service|rail service]] and [[Lethbridge Airport]], are concentrated in or near the city. In 2004, the police services of Lethbridge and [[Coaldale, Alberta|Coaldale]] combined to form the [[Lethbridge Police Service]].<ref>[http://www.lethbridgepolice.ca/polcomsn.html Police Commission], Lethbridge Regional Police Service. Retrieved December 24, 2006. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070129022608/http://www.lethbridgepolice.ca/polcomsn.html |date=January 29, 2007}}</ref> Lethbridge provides municipal water to Coaldale, [[Coalhurst]], [[Diamond City, Alberta|Diamond City]], [[Iron Springs, Alberta|Iron Springs]], [[Monarch, Alberta|Monarch]], [[Shaughnessy, Alberta|Shaughnessy]] and [[Turin, Alberta|Turin]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Pipeline Project Flows Along|publisher=Sunny South News|date=March 14, 2002}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Monarch to tap into Lethbridge water|publisher=Lethbridge Herald|date=February 23, 2008}}</ref>

In 2002, the municipal government organized Economic Development Lethbridge, a body responsible for promoting and developing the city's commercial interests.<ref>[http://www.chooselethbridge.ca/about/ About Economic Development Lethbridge] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061012035241/http://www.chooselethbridge.ca/about/ |date=October 12, 2006}}. Retrieved December 24, 2006.</ref> Two years later, the city joined in a partnership with 24 other local communities to create an economic development alliance called SouthGrow, representing a population of over 140,000.<ref>[http://southgrow.com/sites/southgrow.com/files/AnnualReport_1.pdf Annual Report 2006] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150914142625/http://southgrow.com/sites/southgrow.com/files/AnnualReport_1.pdf |date=September 14, 2015}}, SouthGrow. June 21, 2006.</ref> In 2006, Economic Development Lethbridge partnered with SouthGrow Regional Initiative and Alberta SouthWest Regional Alliance to create the Southern Alberta Alternative Energy Partnership. This partnership promotes business related to alternative energy, including [[wind power]], [[solar power]] and [[biofuel]], in the region.<ref>[http://www.saaep.ca/news_1.php Southern Alberta Economic Development Organizations Partner to Launch Major Alternative Energy Initiative] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070312001305/http://www.saaep.ca/news_1.php |date=March 12, 2007}}. Southern Alberta Alternative Energy Partnership news release. November 6, 2006.</ref>

== Arts and culture ==
{{See also|List of festivals in Lethbridge}}
[[File:Galt museum.jpg|thumb|Galt Hospital, shown here in 1910, is now the Galt Museum.]]
[[File:Lethbridge skyline 2.jpg|thumb|Skyline of downtown Lethbridge]]
Lethbridge was designated a Cultural Capital of Canada for the 2004–2005 season.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20061209171045/http://www.pch.gc.ca/progs/ccc/index_e.cfm Cultural Capitals of Canada], Canadian Heritage. Retrieved December 24, 2006.</ref> The Southern Alberta Ethnic Association (Multicultural Heritage Centre) promotes multiculturalism and ethnic heritage in the community.<ref name="choose-leth-rec"/>

The city is home to venues and organizations promoting the arts. Founded in 1958, the Allied Arts Council of Lethbridge is the largest organization in the city dedicated to preserving and enhancing the local arts.<ref>{{cite web |title=About Us |publisher=Allied Arts Council of Lethbridge |url=http://www.artslethbridge.org/ |access-date=February 16, 2007 |archive-date=February 13, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070213222134/http://www.artslethbridge.org/ |url-status=live}}</ref> In the spring of 2007, the Allied Arts Council Facilities Steering Committee initiated the Arts Re:Building Together Campaign, a grass roots campaign initiative to raise awareness and support for improving arts facilities in Lethbridge. The campaign identified three arts buildings: the Yates Memorial Centre, the Bowman Arts Centre, and the Southern Alberta Art Gallery as cornerstone facilities in the community requiring care and attention. On July 14, 2007, the Finance Committee of City Council approved four arts capital projects for inclusion in the city's Ten Year Capital Plan.<ref>{{cite web|title=Arts Facilities|url=http://www.artslethbridge.org/aac-initiatives/arts-facilities.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120727024217/http://www.artslethbridge.org/aac-initiatives/arts-facilities.html|archive-date=July 27, 2012|publisher=Allied Arts Council|access-date=December 9, 2010}}</ref> Under the campaign to 2010, the renovation and expansion of the Southern Alberta Art Gallery was completed,<ref>{{cite web|title=Southern Alberta Art Gallery|url=http://www.artslethbridge.org/aac-initiatives/arts-facilities/southern-alberta-art-gallery.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120722155512/http://www.artslethbridge.org/aac-initiatives/arts-facilities/southern-alberta-art-gallery.html|archive-date=July 22, 2012|publisher=Allied Arts Council|access-date=December 9, 2010}}</ref> a new Community Arts Centre will be built in downtown Lethbridge,<ref>{{cite web|title=Community Arts Centre |url=http://www.artslethbridge.org/aac-initiatives/arts-facilities/community-arts-centre.html |publisher=Allied Arts Council |access-date=December 9, 2010 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120731030741/http://www.artslethbridge.org/aac-initiatives/arts-facilities/community-arts-centre.html |archive-date=July 31, 2012}}</ref> the City of Lethbridge has a Public Art Program,<ref>{{cite web|title=Public Art |url=http://www.artslethbridge.org/aac-initiatives/public-art.html |publisher=Allied Arts Council |access-date=December 9, 2010 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20101214034720/http://www.artslethbridge.org/aac-initiatives/public-art.html |archive-date=December 14, 2010}}</ref> and a committee was formed to research the possibility of a new Performing Arts Centre in Lethbridge.<ref>{{cite web|title=Performing Arts Centre |url=http://www.artslethbridge.org/aac-initiatives/arts-facilities/performing-arts-centre.html |publisher=Allied Arts Council |access-date=December 9, 2010 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20101216093216/http://www.artslethbridge.org/aac-initiatives/arts-facilities/performing-arts-centre.html |archive-date=December 16, 2010}}</ref>

Lethbridge has a [[Lethbridge Public Library|public library]] and three major museum/galleries. The [[Southern Alberta Art Gallery]] is a contemporary gallery; the community arts centre Casa, administered by the Allied Arts Council; and the University of Lethbridge Art Gallery produces contemporary exhibitions including works from its extensive collection of Canadian, American and European art.<ref name="choose-leth-rec">{{cite web |title=Recreation & Leisure |work=Choose Lethbridge |publisher=Economic Development Lethbridge |url=http://www.chooselethbridge.ca/chooselivability/recreation.php |access-date=February 16, 2007|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070927030113/http://www.chooselethbridge.ca/chooselivability/recreation.php |archive-date = September 27, 2007}}</ref>

The city is also home to the Lethbridge Symphony, which was founded in 1960 and incorporated as a non-profit in 1961. It has produced several spin-off music groups, including the Southern Alberta Chamber Orchestra, and the still-active Lethbridge Musical Theatre,<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |last=Nelson |first=Margaret |author2=Philip M. Wults |title=Lethbridge, Alta |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Music in Canada |publisher=Historica |url=http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/lethbridge-alta-emc/ <!--Bot repaired link--> |access-date=February 16, 2007 |archive-date=March 6, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140306054917/http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/lethbridge-alta-emc/ |url-status=live}}</ref> which produces an annual show. Vox Musica, which traces its roots back to 1968, is a community choir previously based at the [[University of Lethbridge]]. As a fully independent non-profit society, Vox Musica continues to rehearse and perform at Southminster United Church and around the community. Theatrical productions are presented by the University of Lethbridge's drama department and New West Theatre, which performs at the [[Genevieve E. Yates Memorial Centre]] using its two theatres: the 500-seat [[proscenium]] Yates Theatre and the 180-seat [[Black box theater|black box]] Sterndale Bennett Theatre.<ref>{{cite web |title=About Us |publisher=New West Theatre |url=http://www.newwesttheatre.com/aboutus.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070206003935/http://www.newwesttheatre.com/aboutus.php |archive-date=February 6, 2007|access-date=February 16, 2007}}</ref>

Lethbridge hosts [[List of festivals in Lethbridge|a number of annual festivals and events]] throughout the year including Kiwanis Music Festival, Lethbridge Independent Film Festival, Centric Music Festival, Lethbridge Pride Fest, Street Machine Weekend, [[Lethbridge Dragon Boat Festival]], Word on the Street, Lethbridge Electronic Music Festival, and many more. The best-known event in Lethbridge is [[Whoop-Up Days]], a [[rodeo]] and fair held annually in August.

== Attractions ==
[[File:lethbridge Viaduct.gif|thumb|left|High Level Bridge near downtown Lethbridge]]
[[File:Fortwhoopupnationalhistoricsite.jpg|thumb|left|Fort Whoop-Up National Historic Site]]
The city, which began as a frontier town, has several historical attractions. The [[Lethbridge Viaduct]], commonly known as the ''High Level Bridge'', is the longest and highest steel trestle bridge in North America.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.forthjunction.com/railway-bridges-alberta.htm |author=Forth Junction Project |title=Alberta's largest railway bridges |access-date=April 5, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711020530/http://www.forthjunction.com/railway-bridges-alberta.htm |archive-date=July 11, 2011}}</ref> It was completed in 1909 on what was then the city's western edge.<ref>{{cite web|title=High Level Bridge |publisher=City of Lethbridge |url=http://www.lethbridge.ca/home/Enjoying+Lethbridge/Picture+Gallery/Landmarks/High+Level+Bridge/High+Level+Bridge.htm |access-date=October 15, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060518051855/http://www.lethbridge.ca/home/Enjoying%2BLethbridge/Picture%2BGallery/Landmarks/High%2BLevel%2BBridge/High%2BLevel%2BBridge.htm |archive-date=May 18, 2006}}</ref> [[Indian Battle Park]], in the [[coulee]]s of the [[Oldman River]], commemorates the last battle between the [[Cree]] and the [[Blackfoot Confederacy|Blackfoot]] [[First Nations in Canada|First Nations]] in 1870.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia | title =Lethbridge | encyclopedia =Encyclopædia Britannica | publisher =Encyclopædia Britannica Online | url =https://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9047928 | access-date =October 15, 2007 | archive-date =December 27, 2007 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20071227194036/https://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9047928 | url-status =live}}</ref>

Originally known as Fort Hamilton, [[Fort Whoop-Up]] was a centre of illegal activities during the late 19th century. It was first built in 1869 by J.J. Healy and A.B. Hamilton as a whisky post and was destroyed by fire a year later. A second, sturdier structure later replaced the fort.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |last=Allen |first=Robert S |title=Fort Whoop-Up |encyclopedia=[[The Canadian Encyclopedia]] |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/fort-whoop-up |access-date=October 15, 2007 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060518101016/http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0002974 |archive-date=May 18, 2006}}</ref>

As the cultural centre of southern Alberta, Lethbridge has notable cultural attractions. [[Nikka Yuko Japanese Garden]] in south Lethbridge was opened in 1967 as part of a Canadian centennial celebration attended by Japan's [[Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu|Prince]] and [[Kikuko, Princess Takamatsu|Princess Takamatsu]].<ref>{{cite journal|last=Neugebauer |first=Dierk |title=Nikka Yuko—A Special Place |journal=The Journal |publisher=Toronto Bonsai Society |date=January 2003 |url=http://torontobonsai.org/Journal/Journal.2003/jan.2003/nikka.yuko.htm |access-date=October 15, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060926222443/http://torontobonsai.org/Journal/Journal.2003/jan.2003/nikka.yuko.htm |archive-date=September 26, 2006}}</ref> The [[Galt Museum & Archives]] is the largest museum in the Lethbridge area; the building housing the museum served as the city's main hospital during the late 19th century and early 20th centuries. Several other important attractions are based in Lethbridge, including the Lethbridge Military Museum<ref>{{cite web |title=The Lethbridge Military Museum – Celebrating the rich military history of Lethbridge and area. |url=http://www.lethbridgemilitarymuseum.org/ |website=www.lethbridgemilitarymuseum.org |access-date=March 8, 2019 |archive-date=April 30, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190430060618/http://www.lethbridgemilitarymuseum.org/ |url-status=live}}</ref> and the Helen Schuler Nature Centre which educates about the river bottom and coulees.<ref>{{cite web|title=Our History |publisher=Galt Museum & Archives |url=http://www.galtmuseum.com/aboutus-ourhistory.htm |access-date=October 15, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071010193142/http://www.galtmuseum.com/aboutus-ourhistory.htm |archive-date=October 10, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://naturecentre.ca/|title=Friends of Helen Schuler Nature Centre Society|website=Friends of Helen Schuler Nature Centre Society|access-date=March 8, 2019|archive-date=March 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327074027/https://naturecentre.ca/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Several structures such as the historic post office are prominent on the skyline of Lethbridge. Less well-known than the High Level Bridge, the post office is one of the most distinctive buildings in Lethbridge. Built in 1912, the four-storey structure is crowned by a functioning clock tower.<ref>{{cite web|title=Buildings |publisher=City of Lethbridge |url=http://www.lethbridge.ca/home/Enjoying+Lethbridge/Picture+Gallery/Buildings/Buildings.htm |access-date=October 15, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070222031149/http://www.lethbridge.ca/home/Enjoying%2BLethbridge/Picture%2BGallery/Buildings/Buildings.htm |archive-date=February 22, 2007}}</ref> Other prominent buildings include office towers; the water tower, which was originally built in 1958 and sold to a private developer who converted it into a restaurant;<ref>{{cite web|title=Landmarks |publisher=City of Lethbridge |url=http://www.lethbridge.ca/home/Enjoying+Lethbridge/Picture+Gallery/Landmarks/Landmarks.htm |access-date=October 15, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070402153158/http://www.lethbridge.ca/home/Enjoying%2BLethbridge/Picture%2BGallery/Landmarks/Landmarks.htm |archive-date=April 2, 2007}}</ref> and the Alberta Terminals grain elevators.

From March 2018 to August 2020, Lethbridge was home to [[ARCHES Lethbridge|ARCHES]], 24-hour [[Supervised injection site|supervised drug use site]]. It was the busiest SCS in North America with 663 visits a day. [[Toronto Star|''The Star'']] called it a "new landmark". The SCS featured injection drug and inhalation drug facilities<ref>{{Cite news|date=August 18, 2019|title=A small Alberta city is home to the busiest drug consumption site in North America. We spent 12 hours inside|url=https://www.thestar.com/edmonton/2019/08/18/a-small-alberta-city-is-home-to-the-busiest-drug-consumption-site-in-north-america-we-spent-12-hours-inside.html|access-date=September 27, 2020|newspaper=The Toronto Star|language=en|last1=Yousif|first1=Nadine|archive-date=September 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200929010859/https://www.thestar.com/edmonton/2019/08/18/a-small-alberta-city-is-home-to-the-busiest-drug-consumption-site-in-north-america-we-spent-12-hours-inside.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and it was a subject of disagreement by the nearby business community.<ref>{{Cite web|title=As downtown Lethbridge safe consumption site works to minimize impact, business owners rally over concerns|url=https://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/as-downtown-lethbridge-safe-consumption-site-works-to-minimize-impact-business-owners-rally-over-concerns|access-date=September 27, 2020|website=Calgary Herald|language=en-CA|archive-date=September 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200923101611/https://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/as-downtown-lethbridge-safe-consumption-site-works-to-minimize-impact-business-owners-rally-over-concerns|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=August 31, 2020|title=On International Overdose Awareness Day, the busiest supervised consumption site in North America closes under a cloud of scandal|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2020/08/31/today-on-overdose-awareness-day-the-busiest-supervised-consumption-site-in-north-america-will-close-under-a-cloud-of-scandal.html|access-date=September 27, 2020|newspaper=The Toronto Star|language=en|last1=Boyd|first1=Alex|archive-date=September 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200923020020/https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2020/08/31/today-on-overdose-awareness-day-the-busiest-supervised-consumption-site-in-north-america-will-close-under-a-cloud-of-scandal.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The site closed at the end of August 2020 after the province removed grant funding following discovery of misappropriation of public funds.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Goulet|first=Justin|title=ARCHES ceases supervised consumption services in Lethbridge|url=https://lethbridgenewsnow.com/2020/08/31/arches-ceases-supervised-consumption-services-in-lethbridge-2/|access-date=September 27, 2020|website=Lethbridge News Now|language=en|archive-date=October 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019222008/https://lethbridgenewsnow.com/2020/08/31/arches-ceases-supervised-consumption-services-in-lethbridge-2/|url-status=live}}</ref> A week long survey was held for the 2020 budgeting priorities in Lethbridge. 401 randomly selected people participated in this survey and 43 percent of them identified the presence of ARCHES SCS as the top concern. Only 8% of participants identified the same issue as the top concern in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ferris|first=Danica|date=November 23, 2020|title=Results of citizen survey a focal point as Lethbridge budget deliberations begin|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/7479835/lethbridge-budget-deliberations-citizen-satisfaction-survey/|access-date=November 24, 2020|website=Global News|language=en-US|archive-date=November 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124011354/https://globalnews.ca/news/7479835/lethbridge-budget-deliberations-citizen-satisfaction-survey/|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Sports and recreation ==
[[Image:Henderson Lake.jpg|thumb|right|Henderson Lake]]
Lethbridge has designated 16&nbsp;percent of the land within city boundaries as parkland, including the {{convert|755|ha|acre|abbr=off}} [[Oldman River valley parks system]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Stantec Consulting |title=Bikeways and Pathways Master Plan |publisher=City of Lethbridge |date=March 2007 |url=http://www.lethbridge.ca/home/City+Hall/Departments/Parks+-+Pathways+-+Trails/Whats+New/What+New.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927024139/http://www.lethbridge.ca/home/City%2BHall/Departments/Parks%2B-%2BPathways%2B-%2BTrails/Whats%2BNew/What%2BNew.htm |archive-date=September 27, 2007 |access-date=April 28, 2007}}</ref> It has facilities for field sports, numerous baseball diamonds, the Spitz Stadium,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bullsbaseball.com/|title=The Official Website of the Lethbridge Bulls: Home|website=www.bullsbaseball.com|access-date=October 19, 2021|archive-date=June 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210617154607/https://bullsbaseball.com/|url-status=live}}</ref> the [[Nicholas Sheran Park]] (a disc golf course), two [[skatepark]]s, a [[BMX]] track, a [[climbing wall]], a dozen tennis courts, and seven pools. It is home to five golf courses, including the award-winning Paradise Canyon Golf Resort, and is within {{cvt|30|km}} of several others.<ref name="choose-leth-rec"/>

Built for the [[1975 Canada Winter Games]], the [[VisitLethbridge.com Arena]], formerly the |ENMAX Centre, is Lethbridge's multipurpose arena. The 6,500-seat facility has hosted concerts, three-ring circuses, multicultural events, national [[curling]] championships, basketball events, banquets, skating events and is home to the [[Lethbridge Hurricanes]], a major [[Western Hockey League]] franchise. The arena has a running track, racquetball and squash courts, and a full-size ice rink.<ref>{{cite web|title=ENMAX Centre |publisher=City of Lethbridge |url=http://www.lethbridge.ca/home/City+Hall/Departments/ENMAX+Centre/default.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070206042227/http://www.lethbridge.ca/home/City%2BHall/Departments/ENMAX%2BCentre/default.htm |archive-date=February 6, 2007 |access-date=February 16, 2007}}</ref> In 1997, the {{cvt|58000|sqft|order=flip}} Servus Sports Centre (originally the Lethbridge Soccer Centre) was built directly south of the ENMAX Centre and added two regulation size indoor soccer pitches to the complex.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lethbridge Soccer Centre |publisher=City of Lethbridge |url=http://www.lethbridge.ca/home/City+Hall/Departments/Leisure+and+Recreation+Services/Other+Recreational+Facilities/Soccer+Centre/Lethbridge+Soccer+Centre.htm |access-date=February 16, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040903052805/http://www.lethbridge.ca/home/City%2BHall/Departments/Leisure%2Band%2BRecreation%2BServices/Other%2BRecreational%2BFacilities/Soccer%2BCentre/Lethbridge%2BSoccer%2BCentre.htm |archive-date=September 3, 2004}}</ref> The Lethbridge Kyodokan Judo Club facility is located next to the Community Savings Place, and has been a Judo Canada Regional Training Centre since 2015.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.judoalberta.com/index.php/judo-canada-regional-training-centre-lethbridge/|title=Judo Canada Regional Training Centre Lethbridge|work=Judo Alberta|access-date=November 14, 2018|language=en-US|archive-date=November 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181114100456/http://www.judoalberta.com/index.php/judo-canada-regional-training-centre-lethbridge/|url-status=live}}</ref>

On the city's west side, Phase 1 of the [[Cavendish Farms Centre]], formerly the ATB Centre, a recreation complex, opened in 2016 and houses two hockey rinks and the Lethbridge Curling Club.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lethbridge.ca/Things-To-Do/Arenas-Ice-Centres/Pages/ATBCentreArenas.aspx|title=ATB Centre|website=www.lethbridge.ca|language=en-US|access-date=November 14, 2018|archive-date=November 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181114060604/https://www.lethbridge.ca/Things-To-Do/Arenas-Ice-Centres/Pages/ATBCentreArenas.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref> Phase 2 of this project The [[Cor Van Ray YMCA]] opened in May 2019 <ref>{{cite web |title=ATB Centre – Phase 2 (D-6) |url=https://www.lethbridge.ca/living-here/Projects-Initiatives/Current-Projects/Pages/ATB-Centre-Phase-2.aspx |website=www.lethbridge.ca |access-date=October 8, 2019 |archive-date=October 8, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191008020933/https://www.lethbridge.ca/living-here/Projects-Initiatives/Current-Projects/Pages/ATB-Centre-Phase-2.aspx |url-status=live}}</ref> and includes a field house with basketball courts and a 300m running track, as well as an aquatics centre with slides and a wave pool.

Several winter sports venues are in or near Lethbridge. The city has six indoor ice arenas with a total ice area of {{cvt|11,220|m2}} and a total seating capacity of 8,149. Other than the ENMAX Centre, all ice surfaces are available from October to April only. Lethbridge is {{cvt|150|km}} east of the [[Castle Mountain Resort|Castle Mountain ski resort]].<ref name="choose-leth-rec"/>

Lethbridge hosted the inaugural championship match for the [[Western Women's Canadian Football League]] in 2011, while the city's WWCFL team, the [[Lethbridge Steel]], played in three straight title matches from 2012 to 2014.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Piller |first=Thomas |date=July 6, 2014 |title=Saskatoon Valkyries capture 4th WWCFL championship |work=Global News |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/1435765/saskatoon-valkyries-capture-fourth-wwcfl-championship/ |access-date=July 17, 2023}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Current amateur teams
|-
! Team !! Sport !! League
|-
|[[Lethbridge Bulls]] || Baseball || [[Western Canadian Baseball League]]
|-
|[[Lethbridge Eagles]]|| Hockey || [[Alberta Junior Female Hockey League]]
|-
|[[Lethbridge Hurricanes]] || Hockey || [[Western Hockey League]]
|-
|[[Lethbridge Steel]]
|Canadian Football
|[[Western Women's Canadian Football League]]
|}

== Government ==
{{See also|Lethbridge City Council}}
[[File:Lethbridge City Hall.jpg|thumb|left|Lethbridge City Hall]]

{|class="wikitable" style="float:right; width:400; font-size:90%; margin-left:1em;"
|+'''Lethbridge federal election results'''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.elections.ca/content.aspx?section=res&dir=rep/off/44gedata&document=bypro&lang=e |title=Official Voting Results Raw Data (poll by poll results in Lethbridge)|date=April 7, 2022 |publisher=Elections Canada |access-date=November 2, 2023}}</ref>
! colspan="2" scope="col" | Year
! colspan="2" scope="col" | [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]]
! colspan="2" scope="col" | [[Conservative Party of Canada|Conservative]]
! colspan="2" scope="col" | [[New Democratic Party|New Democratic]]
! colspan="2" scope="col" | [[Green Party of Canada|Green]]
|-
| rowspan="2" style="width: 0.25em; background-color: {{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative}}|
! [[2021 Canadian federal election|2021]]
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|background}} | 17%
| style="text-align:right; background:#EA6D6A;"| ''8,040''
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative|background}} | '''52%'''
| style="text-align:right; background:#6495ED;"| ''24,537''
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|NDP|background}} | 22%
| style="text-align:right; background:#F4A460;"| ''10,085''
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|Green|background}} | 0%
| style="text-align:right; background:#99C955;"| ''0''
|-
! [[2019 Canadian federal election|2019]]
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|background}} | 16%
| style="text-align:right; background:#EA6D6A;"| ''7,705''
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative|background}} | '''62%'''
| style="text-align:right; background:#6495ED;"| ''30,935''
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|NDP|background}} | 17%
| style="text-align:right; background:#F4A460;"| ''8,261''
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|Green|background}} | 3%
| style="text-align:right; background:#99C955;"| ''1,677''
|-
|}
{|class="wikitable" style="float:right; width:400; font-size:90%; margin-left:1em;"
|+ Lethbridge provincial election results<ref>{{cite web |url=https://officialresults.elections.ab.ca/orResultsPGE.cfm?EventId=60 |title=Official Voting Results by polling station (poll by poll results in Lethbridge)|publisher=Elections Alberta |access-date=November 2, 2023}}</ref>
! colspan="2" scope="col" | Year
! colspan="2" scope="col" | [[United Conservative Party|United Cons.]]
! colspan="2" scope="col" | [[Alberta New Democratic Party|New Democratic]]
|-
| style="width: 0.25em; background-color: {{Canadian party colour|AB|UCP}}|
! [[2023 Alberta general election|2023]]
| {{Canadian party colour|AB|UCP|background}} | <span style="color:#FFFFFF">46%</span>
| style="text-align:right; background:#005D7C;"| <span style="color:#FFFFFF">''20,523''</span>
| {{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|background}} | '''50%'''
| style="text-align:right; background:#F4A460;"| ''22,444''
|-
| style="width: 0.25em; background-color: {{Canadian party colour|AB|UCP}}|
! [[2019 Alberta general election|2019]]
| {{Canadian party colour|AB|UCP|background}} | <span style="color:#FFFFFF">'''48%'''</span>
| style="text-align:right; background:#005D7C;"| <span style="color:#FFFFFF">''22,673''</span>
| {{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|background}} | 42%
| style="text-align:right; background:#F4A460;"| ''19,791''
|-
| style="width: 0.25em; background-color: {{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP}}|
! [[2015 Alberta general election|2015]]
| {{Canadian party colour|AB|UCP|background}} | <span style="color:#FFFFFF">23%</span>
| style="text-align:right; background:#005D7C;"| <span style="color:#FFFFFF">''8,681''</span>
| {{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|background}} | '''53%'''
| style="text-align:right; background:#F4A460;"| ''20,062''
|}{{Clear}}

Eight councillors and a [[List of mayors of Lethbridge|mayor]] make up the [[Lethbridge City Council]]. City voters elect a new government every four years. The last election was [[2021 Lethbridge municipal election|October 18, 2021, Lethbridge municipal election]]. Lethbridge does not have a [[Ward (electoral subdivision)|ward system]], so the mayor and all councillors are elected at large.<ref name="council">{{cite web|title=City Council |publisher=City of Lethbridge |url=http://www.lethbridge.ca/home/City+Hall/City+Council/ |access-date=October 15, 2007 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20060525090259/http://www.lethbridge.ca/home/City+Hall/City+Council/ |archive-date=May 25, 2006}}</ref> The 2009–2011 operating budget of the City of Lethbridge was {{CAD|250}}–278&nbsp;million, more than half of which came from [[property tax]].<ref>[http://www.lethbridge.ca/City-Government/Financial-Documents/Documents/Budget/2009%20-%202011%20Operating%20Budget.pdf 2009–2011 Operating Budget] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306075903/http://www.lethbridge.ca/City-Government/Financial-Documents/Documents/Budget/2009%20-%202011%20Operating%20Budget.pdf |date=March 6, 2016}}, City of Lethbridge</ref> One member of parliament (MP) representing [[Lethbridge (federal electoral district)|federal electoral district of Lethbridge]] sits in the [[House of Commons of Canada|House of Commons]] in [[Ottawa]], and two members of [[Legislative Assembly of Alberta|Alberta's legislative assembly]] (MLAs), representing [[Lethbridge-East]] ([[United Conservative Party|UCP]]) and [[Lethbridge-West]] ([[Alberta New Democratic Party|NDP]]), sit in the [[Alberta Legislature Building]] in [[Edmonton]].

Traditionally, political leanings in Lethbridge have been [[Right-wing politics|right-wing]]. Federally, from 1917 to 1930, Lethbridge voters switched between various federal parties,<ref name="elect1914">{{cite web | title = Lethbridge, Alberta (1914–1977) | work = History of Federal Ridings since 1867 | publisher = Parliament of Canada | url = http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/HFER/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=394 | archive-url = https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20121025054153/http://www.parl.gc.ca/About/Parliament/FederalRidingsHistory/hfer.asp?Include%3DY%26Language%3DE%26rid%3D394%26Search%3DDet | archive-date = October 25, 2012 | access-date = October 15, 2007}}</ref> but from 1935 to 1957, they voted [[Social Credit Party of Canada|Social Credit]] in each election.<ref name="elect1914" /> [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada|Progressive Conservatives]] held office from [[1958 Canadian federal election|1958]] until [[1993 Canadian federal election|1993]], when the [[Reform Party of Canada]] was formed.<ref name="elect1914" /><ref>{{cite web | title = Lethbridge—Foothills, Alberta (1977–1987) | work = History of Federal Ridings since 1867 | publisher = Parliament of Canada | url = http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/HFER/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=395 | archive-url = https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20121025054200/http://www.parl.gc.ca/About/Parliament/FederalRidingsHistory/hfer.asp?Include%3DY%26Language%3DE%26rid%3D395%26Search%3DDet | archive-date = October 25, 2012 | access-date = October 15, 2007}}</ref><ref name="elect1987">{{cite web | title = Lethbridge, Alberta (1987 -) | work = History of Federal Ridings since 1867 | publisher = Parliament of Canada | url = http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/HFER/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=917 | archive-url = https://archive.today/20130101060910/http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/HFER/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=917 | url-status = dead | archive-date = January 1, 2013 | access-date = October 15, 2007}}</ref> The Reform party and its various subsequent incarnations such as the current [[Conservative Party of Canada]] have dominated the polls since.<ref name="elect1987" /> The city's two provincial electoral districts are represented by one government MLA, [[Nathan Neudorf]] for [[Lethbridge-East]],<ref>{{cite web |title=71 - LETHBRIDGE-EAST |url=https://officialresults.elections.ab.ca/orResultsED.cfm?ED=71&EventId=101 |website=Election Results: Provincial General Election May 29 2023 |publisher=Elections Alberta |access-date=20 December 2024}}</ref> and one opposition MLA, [[Rob Miyashiro]] for [[Lethbridge-West]] (following a by-election to replace Shannon Phillips).<ref>{{cite web |last1=Pulido-Guzman |first1=Alejandra |title=DP holds Lethbridge West; Miyashiro edges Middleton-Hope by 1,150 votes |date=December 19, 2024 |url=https://lethbridgeherald.com/news/lethbridge-news/2024/12/19/ndp-holds-lethbridge-west-miyashiro-edges-middleton-hope-by-1150-votes/ |publisher=Lethbridge Herald |access-date=20 December 2024}}</ref>

[[Alberta Health Services]], the provincial health authority that plans and delivers health services on behalf of the [[Ministry of Health (Alberta)|Ministry of Health]], administers public health services in Lethbridge. Chinook Health oversees facilities in southwestern Alberta, such as the [[Chinook Regional Hospital]] and [[St. Michael's Health Centre]].

== Transportation ==
{{Main|Transportation in Lethbridge}}
[[File:Lethbridge Transit downtown.jpg|thumb|The downtown Lethbridge transit terminal]]
Mass transit in Lethbridge consists of 40&nbsp;buses (with an average age of 10&nbsp;years) operating on more than a dozen routes.<ref>{{cite news |date=September 9, 2006 |title=Richard keeps the city's buses on the road |work=Lethbridge Herald |first=Dave |last=Mabell |page=A4}}</ref> Traditionally, bus routes in the city started and ended downtown. In the early 21st century, however, [[Lethbridge Transit]] introduced cross-town and shuttle routes, such as [[University of Lethbridge]] to [[Lethbridge Polytechnic]], University of Lethbridge to the North Lethbridge terminal, and Lethbridge Polytechnic to the North Lethbridge terminal. Several routes converge near the [[Chinook Regional Hospital]], although it is not officially a terminal.

The Parks and Recreation department maintains the citywide, {{cvt|30|km}} pedestrian / cyclist [[Coal Banks Trail]] system. The system was designed to connect the [[Oldman River]] valley with other areas of the city, including Pavan Park in the north, Henderson Lake in the east, [[Alberta Highway 4|Highways 4]] and [[Alberta Highway 5|5]] in the south and a loop in West Lethbridge (including University Drive and McMaster Blvd).<ref>{{cite web|title=Coal Banks Trail |publisher=City of Lethbridge |url=http://www.lethbridge.ca/home/City+Hall/Departments/Parks+-+Pathways+-+Trails/Pathways+and+Trails/Coal+Banks+Trail/Coal+Banks+Trail.htm |access-date=February 16, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040907183051/http://www.lethbridge.ca/home/City%2BHall/Departments/Parks%2B-%2BPathways%2B-%2BTrails/Pathways%2Band%2BTrails/Coal%2BBanks%2BTrail/Coal%2BBanks%2BTrail.htm |archive-date=September 7, 2004}}</ref>

Four provincial highways ([[Alberta Highway 3|3]], [[Alberta Highway 4|4]], [[Alberta Highway 5|5]], and [[Alberta Highway 25|25]]) run through or terminate in Lethbridge.<ref name=progress>{{Cite web |url = http://www.transportation.alberta.ca/Content/docType329/Production/2016_PROVINCIAL_HWY_1-216_CONTROL_SECTION_MAP.pdf |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161112123232/http://www.transportation.alberta.ca/Content/docType329/Production/2016_PROVINCIAL_HWY_1-216_CONTROL_SECTION_MAP.pdf |archive-date = November 12, 2016 |access-date = November 12, 2016 |date = March 2016 |title = 2016 Provincial Highway 1–216 Progress Chart |publisher = Alberta Transportation |url-status = live |df = mdy-all}}</ref> This has led to the creation of major arterial roads, including [[Mayor Magrath Drive]], University Drive and Scenic Drive.<ref name=Lethbridgemap>{{Cite web |url=http://www.lethbridge.ca/living-here/Maps/Documents/Basemaps/Lethbridge%20Information%20Map.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303231329/http://www.lethbridge.ca/living-here/Maps/Documents/Basemaps/Lethbridge%20Information%20Map.pdf |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |url-status=live |access-date=January 23, 2017 |title=Information Map |publisher=City of Lethbridge}}</ref> This infrastructure and its location on the [[CANAMEX Corridor]] has helped make Lethbridge and its freight depots a major shipping destination.<ref name="chamber"/> Lethbridge is {{cvt|100|km}} north of the United States border via Highways&nbsp;4 and 5 and {{cvt|210|km}} south of [[Calgary]] via [[Alberta Highway 2|Highways&nbsp;2]] and 3. Highways&nbsp;2, 3 and 4 form part of the [[CANAMEX Corridor]], a trade route between Mexico, the United States, and Canada.<ref name="chamber"/>

Lethbridge has a commercial airport, [[Lethbridge Airport]], and the [[Canadian Pacific Kansas City]] (CPKC) rail yards in [[Kipp, Alberta]] ({{cvt|12|km|disp=sqbr}} away). The airport provides commercial flights to Calgary, industrial and corporate opportunities, as well as private and charter flights elsewhere. The airport provides customs services for flights arriving from the United States. [[Lethbridge Canadian Pacific Railway Station]] was served by passenger rail on the CPR line between 1906 and 1971. The rail yards were eventually moved to Kipp, just west of the city, from downtown Lethbridge in 1983.<ref name=1981heraldrail>{{Cite news |newspaper=The Lethbridge Herald |title=Rail relocation plans advanced |date=November 6, 1981}}</ref><ref name=1981heraldplan>{{Cite news |newspaper=The Lethbridge Herald |title=Highway realignment plan gets favorable response |last=Scott |first=Peter |page=B1 |date=September 17, 1981}}</ref> The yards were planned for redevelopment with a mix of multi-family residential, commercial and light industrial land uses.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.lethbridge.ca/Doing-Business/Planning-Development/Documents/Railway%20Relocation%20ARP.pdf | title=Railway Relocation Lands Area Redevelopment Plan | publisher=City of Lethbridge | type=[[PDF]] | page=80 (Land Use Concept) | date=January 1983 | access-date=May 30, 2014 | archive-date=May 21, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140521110248/http://www.lethbridge.ca/Doing-Business/Planning-Development/Documents/Railway%20Relocation%20ARP.pdf | url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Park Place Mall]] is now located on the portion of the former rail yards north of 1&nbsp;Avenue South between Scenic Drive to the west and Stafford Drive to the east.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.lethbridge.ca/living-here/Maps/Documents/Basemaps/Lethbridge%20Information%20Map.pdf | title=Information Map | publisher=City of Lethbridge | type=[[PDF]] | date=June 2013 | access-date=May 30, 2014 | archive-date=March 3, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303231329/http://www.lethbridge.ca/living-here/Maps/Documents/Basemaps/Lethbridge%20Information%20Map.pdf | url-status=live}}</ref>

== Education ==
[[File:Calbraith School Lethbridge.JPG|thumb|[[Galbraith School]] building {{Circa|1920s}}, North Lethbridge]]

The [[Lethbridge School District No. 51|Lethbridge School Division]] and the separate [[Holy Spirit Roman Catholic Separate Regional Division No. 4|Holy Spirit Roman Catholic School Division]] administer grades [[kindergarten]] through 12 locally. The Palliser School Division, which is based in Lethbridge, administers public primary and secondary education in the outlying areas. Lethbridge School Division administers five high schools ([[Chinook High School (Alberta)|Chinook High School]], Immanuel Christian High School, [[Lethbridge Collegiate Institute]], Victoria Park High School, and [[Winston Churchill High School (Lethbridge)|Winston Churchill High School]]), four middle schools, and 14 elementary schools in Lethbridge.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Our Schools|url=https://www.lethsd.ab.ca/our-district/our-schools|access-date=March 25, 2021|website=www.lethsd.ab.ca|archive-date=January 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120185605/https://www.lethsd.ab.ca/our-district/our-schools|url-status=live}}</ref> Immanuel Christian covers grades 6 through 12. There is also a Francophone school in Lethbridge, which is part of the Francophone school board, Conseil scolaire FrancoSud, based in Calgary.

Lethbridge is home to [[Lethbridge Polytechnic]], founded in 1957, and the [[University of Lethbridge]], founded in 1967. [[Red Crow Community College]] has a campus in the city. During the 2015–2016 school year, the University of Lethbridge and the Lethbridge Polytechnic had a combined enrolment of 14,820, which represented 20% of the city's population.<ref>{{Cite web|title=2016–2023 Lethbridge Community Outlook|url=https://www.lethbridge.ca/Doing-Business/Planning-Development/Documents/Lethbridge%20Community%20Outlook%202016-2023.pdf|publisher=City of Lethbridge|page=55|access-date=March 25, 2021|archive-date=October 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019222009/https://www.lethbridge.ca/Doing-Business/Planning-Development/Documents/Lethbridge%20Community%20Outlook%202016-2023.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> 

== Media ==
{{Main|Media in Lethbridge}}

Lethbridge has two major newspapers: the daily ''[[Lethbridge Herald]]'' and the weekly ''[[Lethbridge Sun Times]]''. The university and polytechnic both have a student-run, weekly newspaper. There are 12 FM radio stations, including [[CKXU-FM]], a [[campus radio]] station located at the University of Lethbridge.

== Sister and friendship cities ==
{{see also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Canada}}

{{As of|2025}} Lethbridge has one [[sister city]], three friendship cities, and three cities promoted by the Lethbridge Twinning Society.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lethbridge.ca/media/s2jhxc1v/all-council-policies-files-as-of-october-9th-2024.pdf |title=Status of Twin and Sister City Relationships |access-date=January 19, 2025}}</ref>

===Sister city===
* {{Flagicon|Canada}} [[Saint-Laurent, Quebec|Saint-Laurent]], Canada (1967)

===Friendship cities===
* {{Flagicon|Japan}} [[Haebaru, Okinawa|Haebaru]], [[Japan]] (2003)
* {{Flagicon|China}} [[Anyang]], [[China]] (2004)
* {{Flagicon|United States}} [[Great Falls, Montana|Great Falls]], [[United States]] (2014)

===Lethbridge Twinning Society===
* {{Flagicon|United States}} [[Culver City, California|Culver City]], [[United States]] (1989)
* {{Flagicon|Russia}} [[Timashevsk]], [[Russia]] (1985)
* {{Flagicon|Japan}} [[Towada]], [[Japan]] (2002)

== See also ==
{{Portal|Canada}}
*[[List of people from Lethbridge]]
*[[List of communities in Alberta]]
*[[List of cities in Alberta]]

== Notes ==
{{notelist}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== Further reading ==
* {{cite book |last1=Johnston |first1=Alex |title=Lethbridge: a centennial history |date=1985 |publisher=City of Lethbridge and the Whoop-Up Country Chapter, Historical Society of Alberta |location=Lethbridge |isbn=978-0-919224-42-1 |url=https://archive.org/details/lethbridgecenten0000john |url-access=registration}}
* {{cite book |last1=Johnston |first1=Alex |title=Lethbridge: from coal town to commercial centre : a business history |date=1997 |publisher=Lethbridge Historical Society |location=Lethbridge |isbn=978-0-9696100-8-3 |url=https://archive.org/details/lethbridgefromco0000john |url-access=registration}}

== External links ==
{{Commons category|Lethbridge, Alberta}}
{{wikivoyage|Lethbridge}}
*{{official website|http://www.lethbridge.ca}}

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|Northeast = [[Lethbridge County]]
|Northwest = [[Coalhurst, Alberta|Coalhurst]]
|West = [[Fort Macleod]]
|Center = Lethbridge
|East = [[Coaldale, Alberta|Coaldale]]
|South = [[Welling, Alberta|Welling]]
|Southwest = [[Kainai Nation]] Reserve
|Southeast = [[Stirling, Alberta|Stirling]]
}}
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