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Lethbridge has one Canada’s largest proportion of residents aged 20-24

If you thought Lethbridge was an older community, you might want to think again.

Stats Canada says this city is proportionally, one of the youngest in the country.

Data indicates as of two years ago, Lethbridge ranked 4th in Canada for having the largest proportion of residents between the ages of 20 and 24.

Trevor Lewington with Economic Development Lethbridge says this community is the only Alberta city in the top ten. “In terms of an available workforce and skilled workforce, Lethbridge is very fortunate to have a high number of young folks. I think the key for policy makers and decision makers is how do we create opportunities to keep those people here as they grow in their careers.”

The last city-wide census conducted in Lethbridge in 2019 indicated the overall average age of all Lethbridge residents is roughly 38 years old.

A report from the CBC stated Calgary and Edmonton are no longer part of the top ten as it was when this first report was done back in 2008. Lethbridge was number two, actually on that original list.

According to the latest data, out of Lethbridge’s total population, 7.85% of residents are between the ages of 20 and 24.

Lewington says our two post-secondary schools have a lot to do with that too, noting we are essentially a college town, which definitely contributes. He notes Lethbridge is also a city which has a lot of young families.

He says with smaller cities like Lethbridge and Peterborough, Ontario on the list, perhaps it indicates this next generation is looking for a different lifestyle and different opportunities than just living “in the big city”.

(With files from the CBC)

Patrick Siedlecki
Patrick Siedlecki
Pat has been a mainstay in the CJOC News department from the time the station launched in 2007. He's been in the position of News Director since then and has been anchoring daily news casts as well as reporting and working behind the scenes. Community is important to him and keeping CJOC listeners and readers informed about what's happening across southern Alberta and beyond. Pat has been in radio broadcasting for the past 24 years, starting in Port Alberni on Vancouver Island in 1997 and then moving up island to Nanaimo for another few years before heading to Lethbridge in 2007. Pat grew up in the small Saskatchewan farming town of Foam Lake. After high school, he went to Western Academy Broadcasting College (WABC) in Saskatoon prior to moving to the island. Pat also spent several years broadcasting hockey in the BCHL as well as seven years as the radio voice of the Lethbridge Hurricanes in the WHL. Pat has been working at Cornerstone Funeral Home in Lethbridge as a Certified Life Celebrant and Funeral Assistant since 2016. News and sports have always been Pat's passion from the time he was a teenager and he's always been grateful to have had the opportunity to make that part of what's been a fun and long radio career!
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