270 townships, Alberta (1911 census)

270 townships was a census subdivision in Alberta, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 34,834. The administrative centroid was at approximately 52.985°N, 112.311°W.

Population

In 1911, 270 townships had a population of 34,834. Population density was 3.8 people per square mile.

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 contained Duhamel, 1901 (15.1% share).
• In an earlier year, this CSD contained New Norway, 1901 (1.6% share).
• In an earlier year, this CSD contained Frederickheim, 1901 (1.0% share).
• In an earlier year, this CSD contained Plant, 1901 (1.2% share).
• In an earlier year, this CSD contained Leduc, 1901 (1.4% share).
• In an earlier year, this CSD contained Rabbit Hills, 1901 (0.8% share).
• In an earlier year, this CSD contained Beaumont, 1901 (1.8% share).
• In an earlier year, this CSD contained Colchester, 1901 (1.8% share).
• In an earlier year, this CSD contained Poplar Lake, 1901 (0.4% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained Hughenden, VL, 1921 (0.0% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Chauvin, VL, 1921 (0.0% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained 392. Vale, 1921 (3.5% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained 421. Ribstone, 1921 (3.5% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Edgerton, VL, 1921 (0.0% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Galahad, VL, 1921 (0.0% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Forestburg, VL, 1921 (0.0% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained 422. Gilt Edge, 1921 (3.5% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained 451. Merton, 1921 (3.5% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Lougheed, VL, 1921 (0.0% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained 394. Asquith, 1921 (2.3% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained 423. Battle River, 1921 (3.5% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Irma, VL, 1921 (0.0% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained 425. Stirling, 1921 (3.5% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Heisler, VL, 1921 (0.0% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained 424. Kinsella, 1921 (2.3% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained 455. Iron Creek, 1921 (3.5% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained 456. Parkland, 1921 (3.5% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained 458. Montgomery, 1921 (3.9% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Bittern Lake, VL, 1921 (0.0% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained 457. Lloyd George, 1921 (3.3% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained 459. Bigstone, 1921 (3.7% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained 488. Black Mud, 1921 (3.5% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained 487. Cornhill, 1921 (4.5% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained 489. Liberty, 1921 (3.6% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained 518. Strathcona, 1921 (3.1% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained 490. Pioneer, 1921 (3.5% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911

In the 1911 census, 270 townships shared boundaries with:

• 226 townships
• 263 townships
• 411 townships
• 423 townships
• Bawlf, VL
• Bobtail I R
• Camrose, T-V
• Daysland, T-V
• Edmonton, C
• Ermine Skins I R } Hobbema I R
• Ferintosh, VL
• Hardisty vl (T43 R9 MW4)
• Holden, VL
• Killam, VL
• Leduc, T-V
• Millet, VL
• New Norway, VL
• NO DATA
• NO DATA
• NO DATA
• Ohaton, VL
• Ryley, VL
• Sedgewick, VL
• Strathcona c
• Strome, VL
• Tofield, T-V
• Unorganized parts
• Viking, VL
• Wainwright, T-V
• Wetaskiwin, C

Full census record, 1911

The 1911 census recorded 52 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 2 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: AB006001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_AB006001 — 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 1911 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). "270 townships, Alberta (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ab/270-townships-ab006001-1911/.