251. L.I.D.- D.A.L., Alberta (1921 census)

251. L.I.D.- D.A.L. was a census subdivision in Alberta, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 904. The administrative centroid was at approximately 51.246°N, 114.329°W.

Population

In 1921, 251. L.I.D.- D.A.L. had a population of 904: 542 male and 362 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 (8.8% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, 251. L.I.D.- D.A.L. shared boundaries with:

• 221. Springbank
• 222. L.I.D.- D.A.L.
• 250. Beddington
• 252. L.I.D.- D.A.L.
• 281. Beaver Dam
• Calgary, C
• Cochrane, VL
• Indian reserves

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 904 total population, 542 males in the population, 362 females in the population, 250 males born in Canada, 203 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 186 females born in Canada, 132 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 89 males born outside the British Empire, 44 females born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 514 persons of British origin (English), 176 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 82 persons of British origin (Irish), 66 persons of Scandinavian origin, 15 persons of German origin, 12 persons of other European origin, 9 persons of British origin (other), 8 persons of Dutch origin, 5 persons of French origin, 5 persons of Polish origin, 2 persons of Austrian origin, 2 persons of Belgian origin, 2 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 307 Anglicans (Church of England), 265 Presbyterians, 163 Methodists, 46 Baptists, 44 Lutherans, 36 Roman Catholics, 21 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 9 Congregationalists, 7 Mormons (Latter-day Saints), 6 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 3 Mennonites, 1 adherents of Eastern religions, 1 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 1 Salvation Army adherents. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: AB194012 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_AB194012 — 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). "251. L.I.D.- D.A.L., Alberta (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ab/251-l-i-d-d-a-l-ab194012-1921/.