396. Haig, Alberta (1921 census)

396. Haig was a census subdivision in Alberta, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 1,470. The administrative centroid was at approximately 52.540°N, 112.440°W.

Population

In 1921, 396. Haig had a population of 1,470: 838 male and 632 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).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, 396. Haig shared boundaries with:

• 365. Progress
• 366. Dublin
• 397. Lakeside
• 426. Melrose
• 427. Evergreen
• Donalda, VL

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 1,470 total population, 838 males in the population, 632 females in the population, 428 males born outside the British Empire, 363 males born in Canada, 300 females born outside the British Empire, 295 females born in Canada, 47 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 37 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 475 persons of Scandinavian origin, 252 persons of British origin (English), 227 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 223 persons of British origin (Irish), 140 persons of German origin, 51 persons of French origin, 24 persons of Dutch origin, 23 persons of British origin (other), 21 persons of other European origin, 17 persons of Russian origin, 7 persons of Austrian origin, 1 persons of Belgian origin. 2 persons recorded under the 1911/1921 official census category "Negro"; refers to people of African descent. Term is now considered offensive and is preserved here only as the historical source label. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 556 Lutherans, 366 Methodists, 182 Presbyterians, 107 Roman Catholics, 70 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 64 Anglicans (Church of England), 60 Baptists, 45 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 19 Adventists, 7 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 1 Brethren. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: AB196008 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_AB196008 — 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). "396. Haig, Alberta (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ab/396-haig-ab196008-1921/.