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. Population density was 4.7 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 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 2 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| POP F | 633 |
| POP M | 901 |
| POP TOT | 1,534 |
Other recorded variables (42 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| ANGLICANS | 210 |
| ASIA CHINESE AND JAPANESE | 3 |
| BAPTISTS | 46 |
| BRETHREN | 11 |
| BRIT BORN F | 110 |
| BRIT BORN M | 158 |
| BRIT ENG | 496 |
| BRIT IRISH | 226 |
| BRIT OTHER | 18 |
| BRIT SCOTCH | 264 |
| CAN BORN F | 389 |
| CAN BORN M | 473 |
| CHRISTIANS | 7 |
| CONGREGATIONALISTS | 10 |
| EASTERN RELIGIONS | 3 |
| EUR AUSTRIAN | 41 |
| EUR DUTCH | 29 |
| EUR FRENCH | 48 |
| EUR GERMAN | 181 |
| EUR GREEK | 2 |
| EUR HEBREW | 78 |
| EUR ITALIAN | 3 |
| EUR OTHER | 40 |
| EUR POLISH | 2 |
| EUR RUSSIAN | 23 |
| EUR SCANDINAVIAN | 74 |
| EUR UKRAINIAN | 1 |
| EVANGELICAL ASSOCIATION | 14 |
| FOREIGN BORN F | 134 |
| FOREIGN BORN M | 270 |
| GREEK CHURCH | 2 |
| INDIAN | 1 |
| JEWS | 73 |
| LUTHERANS | 129 |
| MENNONITES | 63 |
| METHODISTS | 432 |
| MORMONS | 1 |
| OTHER SECTS | 63 |
| PRESBYTERIANS | 332 |
| ROMAN CATHOLICS | 134 |
| SALVATION ARMY | 4 |
| UNSPECIFIED | 4 |
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/.