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Year: 1921  |  Province: Alberta

245. Lonebutte, Alberta (1921 census)

245. Lonebutte was a census subdivision in Alberta, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 1,171. The administrative centroid was at approximately 51.315°N, 111.898°W.

Population

In 1921, 245. Lonebutte had a population of 1,171: 703 male and 468 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

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, 245. Lonebutte shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 37 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 1,171 total population, 703 males in the population, 468 females in the population, 357 males born in Canada, 237 females born in Canada, 212 males born outside the British Empire, 149 females born outside the British Empire, 134 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 82 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 391 persons of British origin (English), 297 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 189 persons of British origin (Irish), 99 persons of Scandinavian origin, 74 persons of German origin, 61 persons of French origin, 28 persons of British origin (other), 11 persons of Russian origin, 7 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 5 persons of other European origin, 3 persons of Belgian origin, 3 persons of Dutch origin, 1 persons of Greek origin. 2 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. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 369 Presbyterians, 226 Methodists, 224 Anglicans (Church of England), 148 Roman Catholics, 105 Lutherans, 43 Baptists, 23 Congregationalists, 13 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 11 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 4 adherents of Eastern religions, 2 Brethren, 1 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 1 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 1 Salvation Army adherents. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)

Identifiers

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). "245. Lonebutte, Alberta (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ab/245-lonebutte-ab193009-1921/.