Editing Lethbridge (section)

{{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}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2024}}
{{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
| pushpin_label_position = <!-- the position of the pushpin label: left, right, top, bottom, none -->
| 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.