Coalhurst (originally named Bridgend) is a town in southern Alberta, Canada.

It is located on Highway 3, 15 km (9.3 mi) northwest of Lethbridge.

[5] Around 1930, a large fire broke out in Coalhurst and cost the town about $35,000.

[3] The population of the Town of Coalhurst according to its 2019 municipal census is 2,784,[6] a change of 0.6% from its 2018 municipal census population of 2,767.

[7] In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Town of Coalhurst recorded a population of 2,668 living in 938 of its 970 total private dwellings, a 34.9% change from its 2011 population of 1,978.