158. Royal, Alberta (1921 census)

158. Royal was a census subdivision in Alberta, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 1,709. The administrative centroid was at approximately 50.442°N, 113.371°W.

Population

In 1921, 158. Royal had a population of 1,709: 940 male and 769 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 198 townships, 1911 (5.0% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, 158. Royal shared boundaries with:

• 128. Harmony
• 129. Clear Lake
• 157. Marquis
• 159. Riley
• 189. Dinton
• Vulcan, T-V

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 43 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 1,709 total population, 940 males in the population, 769 females in the population, 430 males born in Canada, 414 males born outside the British Empire, 398 females born in Canada, 294 females born outside the British Empire, 96 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 77 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 492 persons of British origin (English), 381 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 332 persons of British origin (Irish), 149 persons of Scandinavian origin, 144 persons of German origin, 83 persons of French origin, 45 persons of Dutch origin, 34 persons of other European origin, 19 persons of British origin (other), 6 persons of Russian origin, 4 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 2 persons of Austrian origin, 2 persons of Italian origin, 2 persons of Polish origin, 2 persons of Ukrainian origin, 1 persons of Finnish origin. 6 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. 5 persons recorded under the official census category "Indian"; corresponds to what is now described as Indigenous (First Nations; in northern enumerations also Inuit) origin. "Indian" was simultaneously a census category and the legal/administrative term under the Indian Act (1876). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 588 Presbyterians, 291 Methodists, 200 Roman Catholics, 131 Lutherans, 126 Anglicans (Church of England), 124 Baptists, 81 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 61 Mormons (Latter-day Saints), 39 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 28 Disciples of Christ, 18 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 9 Brethren, 5 Congregationalists, 4 Mennonites, 2 members of the Evangelical Association, 2 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: AB192009 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_AB192009 — 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). "158. Royal, Alberta (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ab/158-royal-ab192009-1921/.