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.
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 3 categories.
Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 1,325 total population, 778 males in the population, 547 females in the population, 359 males born in Canada, 331 males born outside the British Empire, 294 females born in Canada, 207 females born outside the British Empire, 88 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 46 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)
Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 400 persons of Russian origin, 290 persons of British origin (English), 169 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 133 persons of German origin, 130 persons of British origin (Irish), 44 persons of Scandinavian origin, 44 persons of Ukrainian origin, 27 persons of French origin, 21 persons of other European origin, 20 persons of Dutch origin, 12 persons of Austrian origin, 9 persons of British origin (other), 7 persons of Finnish origin, 5 persons of Polish origin, 2 persons of Greek origin, 1 persons of Syrian origin. 10 persons recorded under the 1921 official census category "Hebrew" (origin/ethnicity); now described as Jewish origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)
Religion (1921). This community's record includes 255 Congregationalists, 205 Lutherans, 183 Presbyterians, 178 Anglicans (Church of England), 153 Methodists, 114 Roman Catholics, 77 Baptists, 52 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 48 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 21 Adventists, 10 Jews, 9 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 6 members of the Evangelical Association, 5 Mormons (Latter-day Saints), 4 Brethren, 4 Salvation Army adherents, 1 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)
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/.