281. Beaver Dam, Alberta (1921 census)
281. Beaver Dam was a census subdivision in Alberta, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 1,524. The administrative centroid was at approximately 51.489°N, 114.353°W.
Population
In 1921, 281. Beaver Dam had a population of 1,524: 820 male and 704 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 92 townships, 1911 (10.7% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921
In the 1921 census, 281. Beaver Dam shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1921
The 1921 census recorded 38 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.
Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 1,524 total population, 820 males in the population, 704 females in the population, 430 males born in Canada, 399 females born in Canada, 261 males born outside the British Empire, 214 females born outside the British Empire, 129 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 91 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)
Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 507 persons of British origin (English), 286 persons of British origin (Irish), 258 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 190 persons of German origin, 161 persons of Dutch origin, 68 persons of Scandinavian origin, 11 persons of British origin (other), 10 persons of other European origin, 9 persons of Italian origin, 8 persons of French origin, 7 persons of Russian origin, 2 persons of Austrian origin, 1 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 1 persons of Polish origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)
Religion (1921). This community's record includes 379 Presbyterians, 291 Methodists, 253 Anglicans (Church of England), 130 Lutherans, 112 Mennonites, 102 Baptists, 102 Roman Catholics, 86 members of the Evangelical Association, 23 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 20 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 13 Congregationalists, 11 Adventists, 5 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 1 adherents of Eastern religions, 1 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
AB194017— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_AB194017— 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). "281. Beaver Dam, Alberta (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ab/281-beaver-dam-ab194017-1921/.