127. Clifton, Alberta (1921 census)

Name: 127. Clifton (1921)
Address: Alberta, CA

127. Clifton was a census subdivision in Alberta, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 1,412. The administrative centroid was at approximately 50.267°N, 112.679°W.

Population

In 1921, 127. Clifton had a population of 1,412: 808 male and 604 female residents.

Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)

Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.

Earlier boundary forms

In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in 606 townships, 1911 (1.5% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, 127. Clifton shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 44 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 1,412 total population, 808 males in the population, 604 females in the population, 356 males born in Canada, 340 males born outside the British Empire, 298 females born in Canada, 235 females born outside the British Empire, 112 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 71 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 428 persons of British origin (English), 208 persons of British origin (Irish), 206 persons of Scandinavian origin, 178 persons of German origin, 172 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 64 persons of Russian origin, 44 persons of French origin, 37 persons of British origin (other), 25 persons of Dutch origin, 9 persons of other European origin, 7 persons of Ukrainian origin, 6 persons of Finnish origin, 6 persons of Italian origin, 5 persons of Austrian origin, 4 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 3 persons of Polish origin, 2 persons of Belgian origin, 1 persons of Syrian origin. 2 persons recorded under the 1911/1921 official census category "Negro"; refers to people of African descent. Term is now considered offensive and is preserved here only as the historical source label. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 386 Methodists, 296 Lutherans, 235 Presbyterians, 178 Anglicans (Church of England), 130 Roman Catholics, 72 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 56 Baptists, 22 Adventists, 11 members of the Evangelical Association, 8 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 5 Mormons (Latter-day Saints), 5 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 4 adherents of Eastern religions, 3 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 1 Disciples of Christ, 1 Protestants (general / no denomination specified). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: AB192003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_AB192003 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.

Sources

Census tabulations from the 1921 Census of Canada, transcribed and georeferenced by the Canadian Peoples / TCP project, hosted at the HGIS Lab, University of Saskatchewan. Persistent place identity computed from spatial-overlap chains across all available census years (1851–1921). Identity grounding to Wikidata performed via the HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph project's MCP-assisted disambiguation pipeline. See the About / Methodology page for the full data pipeline.

Cite this page

Clifford, J. (2026). "127. Clifton, Alberta (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ab/127-clifton-ab192003-1921/.