304. Hiram, Alberta (1921 census)

304. Hiram was a census subdivision in Alberta, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 1,034. The administrative centroid was at approximately 51.837°N, 111.493°W.

Population

In 1921, 304. Hiram had a population of 1,034: 586 male and 448 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 411 townships, 1911 (2.2% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, 304. Hiram shared boundaries with:

• 274. Richdale
• 303. Wiste
• 305. Dowling Lake
• 333. L.I.D.- D.A.L.
• 334. Coronation
• 335. Sullivan Lake

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 37 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 1,034 total population, 586 males in the population, 448 females in the population, 258 males born in Canada, 247 males born outside the British Empire, 218 females born in Canada, 177 females born outside the British Empire, 81 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 53 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 309 persons of British origin (English), 240 persons of Russian origin, 135 persons of German origin, 98 persons of British origin (Irish), 79 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 73 persons of Scandinavian origin, 46 persons of French origin, 30 persons of other European origin, 16 persons of Dutch origin, 2 persons of Belgian origin, 2 persons of British origin (other), 1 persons of Polish origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 212 Methodists, 193 Lutherans, 152 Baptists, 134 Anglicans (Church of England), 130 Presbyterians, 95 Roman Catholics, 68 Adventists, 23 members of the Evangelical Association, 10 Congregationalists, 6 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 5 Mormons (Latter-day Saints), 3 Disciples of Christ, 3 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 1 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 1 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 1 Salvation Army adherents. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: AB193020 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_AB193020 — 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). "304. Hiram, Alberta (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ab/304-hiram-ab193020-1921/.