278. Carbon, Alberta (1921 census)

Name: 278. Carbon (1921)
Address: Alberta, CA

278. Carbon was a census subdivision in Alberta, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 4,504. The administrative centroid was at approximately 51.470°N, 112.983°W.

Population

In 1921, 278. Carbon had a population of 4,504: 2,884 male and 1,620 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 (1.7% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, 278. Carbon shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 49 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 4,504 total population, 2,884 males in the population, 1,620 females in the population, 1,186 males born outside the British Empire, 1,068 males born in Canada, 752 females born in Canada, 630 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 481 females born outside the British Empire, 387 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 1,158 persons of British origin (English), 772 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 474 persons of British origin (Irish), 291 persons of Austrian origin, 251 persons of French origin, 244 persons of Russian origin, 221 persons of German origin, 172 persons of other European origin, 161 persons of Italian origin, 153 persons of Scandinavian origin, 123 persons of Ukrainian origin, 108 persons of British origin (other), 100 persons of Belgian origin, 92 persons of Polish origin, 52 persons of Dutch origin, 13 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 12 persons of Greek origin, 3 persons of Finnish origin. 36 persons recorded under the 1911/1921 official census category "Negro"; refers to people of African descent. Term is now considered offensive and is preserved here only as the historical source label. 7 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). 2 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 1,251 Roman Catholics, 941 Presbyterians, 749 Anglicans (Church of England), 537 Methodists, 405 Baptists, 182 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 176 Lutherans, 122 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 59 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 35 Congregationalists, 33 Adventists, 20 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 12 adherents of Eastern religions, 11 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 10 Mormons (Latter-day Saints), 10 Salvation Army adherents, 4 Brethren, 2 Disciples of Christ, 2 Jews. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: AB194014 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_AB194014 — 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). "278. Carbon, Alberta (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ab/278-carbon-ab194014-1921/.