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.

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:

• 212. L.I.D.- D.A.L.
• 241. Acadia
• 243. Collholme
• 271. Bertawan
• 272. Golden Centre
• Cereal, VL
• Oyen, VL

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 1,354 total population, 798 males in the population, 556 females in the population, 437 males born in Canada, 328 females born in Canada, 242 males born outside the British Empire, 169 females born outside the British Empire, 119 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 59 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 472 persons of British origin (English), 307 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 236 persons of Scandinavian origin, 174 persons of British origin (Irish), 85 persons of German origin, 41 persons of French origin, 13 persons of Austrian origin, 11 persons of Dutch origin, 6 persons of British origin (other), 6 persons of other European origin, 2 persons of Russian origin, 1 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 410 Methodists, 306 Presbyterians, 270 Lutherans, 169 Anglicans (Church of England), 95 Roman Catholics, 58 Baptists, 18 Mormons (Latter-day Saints), 6 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 5 Congregationalists, 5 members of the Evangelical Association, 5 Mennonites, 4 Adventists, 2 Salvation Army adherents, 1 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

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/.