312. Waterloo, Alberta (1921 census)

312. Waterloo was a census subdivision in Alberta, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 753. The administrative centroid was at approximately 51.899°N, 114.754°W.

Population

In 1921, 312. Waterloo had a population of 753: 434 male and 319 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 (2.7% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, 312. Waterloo shared boundaries with:

• 282. L.I.D.- D.A.L.
• 311. Westerdale
• 341. Poplar Grove
• 342. Raven
• 344. L.I.D.- D.A.L.
• Unorganised parts between townships 30 & 47 - W. to the provincial boundary

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 33 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 753 total population, 434 males in the population, 319 females in the population, 186 males born outside the British Empire, 172 males born in Canada, 154 females born in Canada, 127 females born outside the British Empire, 76 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 38 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 273 persons of British origin (English), 128 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 91 persons of Scandinavian origin, 69 persons of British origin (Irish), 62 persons of German origin, 39 persons of other European origin, 32 persons of French origin, 26 persons of Dutch origin, 21 persons of Russian origin, 9 persons of British origin (other), 2 persons of Austrian origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 174 Presbyterians, 170 Lutherans, 128 Methodists, 125 Anglicans (Church of England), 75 Baptists, 41 Roman Catholics, 14 Mormons (Latter-day Saints), 8 Adventists, 7 Congregationalists, 5 members of the Evangelical Association, 5 Mennonites, 1 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 1 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: AB197001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_AB197001 — 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). "312. Waterloo, Alberta (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ab/312-waterloo-ab197001-1921/.