362. Hillcrest, Alberta (1921 census)
362. Hillcrest was a census subdivision in Alberta, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 1,362. The administrative centroid was at approximately 52.361°N, 110.651°W.
Population
In 1921, 362. Hillcrest had a population of 1,362: 754 male and 608 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, 362. Hillcrest 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 1,362 total population, 754 males in the population, 608 females in the population, 334 males born outside the British Empire, 312 males born in Canada, 277 females born in Canada, 262 females born outside the British Empire, 108 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 69 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)
Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 527 persons of Scandinavian origin, 320 persons of British origin (English), 165 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 150 persons of British origin (Irish), 82 persons of German origin, 32 persons of French origin, 30 persons of British origin (other), 22 persons of Austrian origin, 12 persons of Dutch origin, 10 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 4 persons of other European origin, 1 persons of Greek origin, 1 persons of Russian origin. 6 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 404 Lutherans, 276 Presbyterians, 200 Methodists, 186 Baptists, 135 Anglicans (Church of England), 104 Roman Catholics, 19 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 13 Mormons (Latter-day Saints), 6 Adventists, 6 Jews, 4 Congregationalists, 4 Mennonites, 2 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 2 Salvation Army adherents, 1 Christians (general / no denomination specified). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
AB195007— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_AB195007— 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). "362. Hillcrest, Alberta (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ab/362-hillcrest-ab195007-1921/.