242. Cereal, Alberta (1921 census)
242. Cereal was a census subdivision in Alberta, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 1,354. The administrative centroid was at approximately 51.314°N, 110.634°W.
Population
In 1921, 242. Cereal had a population of 1,354: 798 male and 556 female residents. Population density was 4.2 people per square mile.
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, 242. Cereal shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1921
The 1921 census recorded 35 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 2 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| POP F | 556 |
| POP M | 798 |
| POP TOT | 1,354 |
Other recorded variables (32 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| ADVENTISTS | 4 |
| ANGLICANS | 169 |
| ASIA CHINESE AND JAPANESE | 1 |
| BAPTISTS | 58 |
| BRIT BORN F | 59 |
| BRIT BORN M | 119 |
| BRIT ENG | 472 |
| BRIT IRISH | 174 |
| BRIT OTHER | 6 |
| BRIT SCOTCH | 307 |
| CAN BORN F | 328 |
| CAN BORN M | 437 |
| CONGREGATIONALISTS | 5 |
| EUR AUSTRIAN | 13 |
| EUR DUTCH | 11 |
| EUR FRENCH | 41 |
| EUR GERMAN | 85 |
| EUR OTHER | 6 |
| EUR RUSSIAN | 2 |
| EUR SCANDINAVIAN | 236 |
| EVANGELICAL ASSOCIATION | 5 |
| FOREIGN BORN F | 169 |
| FOREIGN BORN M | 242 |
| LUTHERANS | 270 |
| MENNONITES | 5 |
| METHODISTS | 410 |
| MORMONS | 18 |
| OTHER SECTS | 6 |
| PRESBYTERIANS | 306 |
| ROMAN CATHOLICS | 95 |
| SALVATION ARMY | 2 |
| UNSPECIFIED | 1 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
AB193006— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_AB193006— 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). "242. Cereal, Alberta (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ab/242-cereal-ab193006-1921/.