394. Asquith, Alberta (1921 census)

Name: 394. Asquith (1921)
Address: Alberta, CA

394. Asquith was a census subdivision in Alberta, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 1,326. The administrative centroid was at approximately 52.755°N, 111.526°W.

Population

In 1921, 394. Asquith had a population of 1,326: 758 male and 568 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 270 townships, 1911 (2.3% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, 394. Asquith 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 1,326 total population, 758 males in the population, 568 females in the population, 310 males born in Canada, 252 males born outside the British Empire, 239 females born in Canada, 196 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 177 females born outside the British Empire, 152 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 521 persons of British origin (English), 239 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 206 persons of Scandinavian origin, 118 persons of British origin (Irish), 94 persons of German origin, 40 persons of British origin (other), 30 persons of Dutch origin, 19 persons of Russian origin, 17 persons of French origin, 16 persons of other European origin, 9 persons of Austrian origin, 5 persons of Belgian origin, 2 persons of Polish origin, 1 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 1 persons of Finnish origin, 1 persons of Ukrainian origin. 7 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 342 Presbyterians, 321 Anglicans (Church of England), 222 Methodists, 219 Lutherans, 83 Roman Catholics, 61 Baptists, 46 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 11 Adventists, 8 Mormons (Latter-day Saints), 7 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 4 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 2 Congregationalists. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: AB195014 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_AB195014 — 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). "394. Asquith, Alberta (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ab/394-asquith-ab195014-1921/.