275. Hand Hills, Alberta (1921 census)
275. Hand Hills was a census subdivision in Alberta, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 1,325. The administrative centroid was at approximately 51.533°N, 111.973°W.
Population
In 1921, 275. Hand Hills had a population of 1,325: 778 male and 547 female residents. Population density was 4.6 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 (1.3% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921
In the 1921 census, 275. Hand Hills shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1921
The 1921 census recorded 43 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 2 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| POP F | 547 |
| POP M | 778 |
| POP TOT | 1,325 |
Other recorded variables (40 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| ADVENTISTS | 21 |
| ANGLICANS | 178 |
| ASIA SYRIAN | 1 |
| BAPTISTS | 77 |
| BRETHREN | 4 |
| BRIT BORN F | 46 |
| BRIT BORN M | 88 |
| BRIT ENG | 290 |
| BRIT IRISH | 130 |
| BRIT OTHER | 9 |
| BRIT SCOTCH | 169 |
| CAN BORN F | 294 |
| CAN BORN M | 359 |
| CHRISTIANS | 9 |
| CONGREGATIONALISTS | 255 |
| EUR AUSTRIAN | 12 |
| EUR DUTCH | 20 |
| EUR FINNISH | 7 |
| EUR FRENCH | 27 |
| EUR GERMAN | 133 |
| EUR GREEK | 2 |
| EUR HEBREW | 10 |
| EUR OTHER | 21 |
| EUR POLISH | 5 |
| EUR RUSSIAN | 400 |
| EUR SCANDINAVIAN | 44 |
| EUR UKRAINIAN | 44 |
| EVANGELICAL ASSOCIATION | 6 |
| FOREIGN BORN F | 207 |
| FOREIGN BORN M | 331 |
| GREEK CHURCH | 52 |
| JEWS | 10 |
| LUTHERANS | 205 |
| METHODISTS | 153 |
| MORMONS | 5 |
| OTHER SECTS | 48 |
| PRESBYTERIANS | 183 |
| ROMAN CATHOLICS | 114 |
| SALVATION ARMY | 4 |
| UNSPECIFIED | 1 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
AB193015— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_AB193015— 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). "275. Hand Hills, Alberta (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ab/275-hand-hills-ab193015-1921/.