371. Golden West, Alberta (1921 census)

371. Golden West was a census subdivision in Alberta, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 1,939. The administrative centroid was at approximately 52.237°N, 114.153°W.

Population

In 1921, 371. Golden West had a population of 1,939: 1,100 male and 839 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 (1.8% share).
• In an earlier year, this CSD contained Evarts vl (T38 R2 MW5), 1911 (0.4% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, 371. Golden West shared boundaries with:

• 339. Pine Lake
• 341. Poplar Grove
• 342. Raven
• 399. Crown
• 400. Lome
• North Red Deer, VL
• Sylvan Lake, VL

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 1,939 total population, 1,100 males in the population, 839 females in the population, 541 males born in Canada, 449 males born outside the British Empire, 443 females born in Canada, 326 females born outside the British Empire, 110 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 70 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 542 persons of Scandinavian origin, 384 persons of British origin (English), 279 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 235 persons of British origin (Irish), 207 persons of Finnish origin, 111 persons of German origin, 54 persons of French origin, 26 persons of Dutch origin, 20 persons of other European origin, 20 persons of Russian origin, 10 persons of Belgian origin, 9 persons of Austrian origin, 4 persons of Italian origin, 2 persons of British origin (other), 1 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin. 18 persons recorded under the official census category "Indian"; corresponds to what is now described as Indigenous (First Nations; in northern enumerations also Inuit) origin. "Indian" was simultaneously a census category and the legal/administrative term under the Indian Act (1876). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 663 Lutherans, 494 Presbyterians, 247 Methodists, 172 Anglicans (Church of England), 144 Roman Catholics, 115 Baptists, 71 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 21 Adventists, 17 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 5 Mormons (Latter-day Saints), 4 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 3 Christians (general / no denomination specified). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: AB197006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_AB197006 — 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). "371. Golden West, Alberta (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ab/371-golden-west-ab197006-1921/.