271. Bertawan, Alberta (1921 census)
271. Bertawan was a census subdivision in Alberta, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 1,534. The administrative centroid was at approximately 51.401°N, 110.215°W.
Population
In 1921, 271. Bertawan had a population of 1,534: 901 male and 633 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, 271. Bertawan 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 1,534 total population, 901 males in the population, 633 females in the population, 473 males born in Canada, 389 females born in Canada, 270 males born outside the British Empire, 158 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 134 females born outside the British Empire, 110 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)
Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 496 persons of British origin (English), 264 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 226 persons of British origin (Irish), 181 persons of German origin, 74 persons of Scandinavian origin, 48 persons of French origin, 41 persons of Austrian origin, 40 persons of other European origin, 29 persons of Dutch origin, 23 persons of Russian origin, 18 persons of British origin (other), 3 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 3 persons of Italian origin, 2 persons of Greek origin, 2 persons of Polish origin, 1 persons of Ukrainian origin. 78 persons recorded under the 1921 official census category "Hebrew" (origin/ethnicity); now described as Jewish origin. 1 persons recorded under the official census category "Indian"; corresponds to what is now described as Indigenous (First Nations; in northern enumerations also Inuit) origin. "Indian" was simultaneously a census category and the legal/administrative term under the Indian Act (1876). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)
Religion (1921). This community's record includes 432 Methodists, 332 Presbyterians, 210 Anglicans (Church of England), 134 Roman Catholics, 129 Lutherans, 73 Jews, 63 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 63 Mennonites, 46 Baptists, 14 members of the Evangelical Association, 11 Brethren, 10 Congregationalists, 7 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 4 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 4 Salvation Army adherents, 3 adherents of Eastern religions, 2 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 1 Mormons (Latter-day Saints). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
AB193011— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_AB193011— 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). "271. Bertawan, Alberta (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ab/271-bertawan-ab193011-1921/.