250. Beddington, Alberta (1921 census)
250. Beddington was a census subdivision in Alberta, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 2,027. The administrative centroid was at approximately 51.225°N, 113.892°W.
Population
In 1921, 250. Beddington had a population of 2,027: 1,176 male and 851 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 (12.7% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921
In the 1921 census, 250. Beddington shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1921
The 1921 census recorded 45 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.
Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 2,027 total population, 1,176 males in the population, 851 females in the population, 573 males born in Canada, 456 females born in Canada, 392 males born outside the British Empire, 239 females born outside the British Empire, 211 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 156 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)
Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 797 persons of British origin (English), 380 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 288 persons of British origin (Irish), 254 persons of Scandinavian origin, 123 persons of German origin, 38 persons of Dutch origin, 32 persons of other European origin, 26 persons of French origin, 22 persons of Russian origin, 17 persons of Austrian origin, 13 persons of British origin (other), 13 persons of Ukrainian origin, 5 persons of Polish origin, 3 persons of Italian origin, 2 persons of Finnish origin, 1 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin. 3 persons recorded under the 1921 official census category "Hebrew" (origin/ethnicity); now described as Jewish origin. 1 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 523 Methodists, 491 Presbyterians, 343 Anglicans (Church of England), 261 Lutherans, 96 Baptists, 94 Brethren, 80 Roman Catholics, 78 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 15 Congregationalists, 11 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 11 Mormons (Latter-day Saints), 10 Adventists, 9 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 4 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 3 Jews, 2 Salvation Army adherents, 1 adherents of Eastern religions, 1 Protestants (general / no denomination specified). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
AB194011— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_AB194011— 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). "250. Beddington, Alberta (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ab/250-beddington-ab194011-1921/.