305. Dowling Lake, Alberta (1921 census)
305. Dowling Lake was a census subdivision in Alberta, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 1,246. The administrative centroid was at approximately 51.751°N, 111.919°W.
Population
In 1921, 305. Dowling Lake had a population of 1,246: 684 male and 562 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, 305. Dowling Lake 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 1,246 total population, 684 males in the population, 562 females in the population, 297 males born in Canada, 273 females born in Canada, 267 males born outside the British Empire, 197 females born outside the British Empire, 120 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 92 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)
Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 344 persons of British origin (English), 231 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 204 persons of Russian origin, 184 persons of British origin (Irish), 91 persons of German origin, 84 persons of Scandinavian origin, 34 persons of Dutch origin, 22 persons of French origin, 20 persons of Austrian origin, 15 persons of British origin (other), 8 persons of other European origin, 5 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 3 persons of Finnish origin, 1 persons of Polish origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)
Religion (1921). This community's record includes 310 Presbyterians, 235 Lutherans, 220 Methodists, 156 Anglicans (Church of England), 97 Roman Catholics, 76 Baptists, 55 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 46 Adventists, 33 Congregationalists, 7 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 4 Mennonites, 3 Disciples of Christ, 2 Salvation Army adherents, 1 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 1 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
AB193021— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_AB193021— 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). "305. Dowling Lake, Alberta (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ab/305-dowling-lake-ab193021-1921/.