244. Flowerdale, Alberta (1921 census)
244. Flowerdale was a census subdivision in Alberta, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 1,114. The administrative centroid was at approximately 51.314°N, 111.477°W.
Population
In 1921, 244. Flowerdale had a population of 1,114: 647 male and 467 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, 244. Flowerdale shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1921
The 1921 census recorded 36 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.
Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 1,114 total population, 647 males in the population, 467 females in the population, 279 males born in Canada, 247 males born outside the British Empire, 224 females born in Canada, 142 females born outside the British Empire, 121 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 101 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)
Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 476 persons of British origin (English), 209 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 126 persons of German origin, 123 persons of British origin (Irish), 112 persons of Scandinavian origin, 23 persons of Dutch origin, 14 persons of Austrian origin, 10 persons of Russian origin, 7 persons of French origin, 5 persons of British origin (other), 4 persons of Belgian origin, 3 persons of other European origin, 1 persons of Finnish origin, 1 persons of Polish origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)
Religion (1921). This community's record includes 288 Presbyterians, 181 Methodists, 165 Lutherans, 141 Anglicans (Church of England), 135 Roman Catholics, 64 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 58 Baptists, 32 Brethren, 19 Salvation Army adherents, 15 Adventists, 9 Mennonites, 4 Congregationalists, 3 members of the Evangelical Association. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
AB193008— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_AB193008— 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). "244. Flowerdale, Alberta (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ab/244-flowerdale-ab193008-1921/.