221. Springbank, Alberta (1921 census)
221. Springbank was a census subdivision in Alberta, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 1,147. The administrative centroid was at approximately 51.042°N, 114.263°W.
Population
In 1921, 221. Springbank had a population of 1,147: 623 male and 524 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 92 townships, 1911 (4.4% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921
In the 1921 census, 221. Springbank shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1921
The 1921 census recorded 35 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.
Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 1,147 total population, 623 males in the population, 524 females in the population, 335 males born in Canada, 308 females born in Canada, 217 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 166 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 71 males born outside the British Empire, 50 females born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)
Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 589 persons of British origin (English), 190 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 154 persons of British origin (Irish), 85 persons of French origin, 44 persons of Scandinavian origin, 29 persons of German origin, 15 persons of Italian origin, 9 persons of other European origin, 8 persons of Russian origin, 7 persons of Polish origin, 5 persons of Austrian origin, 1 persons of British origin (other), 1 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin. 1 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 456 Anglicans (Church of England), 234 Presbyterians, 192 Roman Catholics, 121 Methodists, 48 Adventists, 45 Baptists, 37 Lutherans, 9 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 7 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 5 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 1 adherents of Eastern religions, 1 Protestants (general / no denomination specified). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
AB194006— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_AB194006— 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). "221. Springbank, Alberta (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ab/221-springbank-ab194006-1921/.