397. Lakeside, Alberta (1921 census)

397. Lakeside was a census subdivision in Alberta, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 1,617. The administrative centroid was at approximately 52.538°N, 112.799°W.

Population

In 1921, 397. Lakeside had a population of 1,617: 913 male and 704 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 (2.1% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, 397. Lakeside shared boundaries with:

• 367. Waverley
• 396. Haig
• 398. Lamerton
• 427. Evergreen
• 428. Waterglen
• Bashaw, 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 1,617 total population, 913 males in the population, 704 females in the population, 467 males born in Canada, 377 females born in Canada, 349 males born outside the British Empire, 274 females born outside the British Empire, 97 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 53 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 378 persons of British origin (English), 308 persons of Scandinavian origin, 268 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 216 persons of British origin (Irish), 170 persons of German origin, 72 persons of French origin, 65 persons of Dutch origin, 61 persons of Russian origin, 28 persons of Austrian origin, 17 persons of British origin (other), 15 persons of other European origin, 5 persons of Polish origin, 3 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 2 persons of Ukrainian origin. 8 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 441 Methodists, 371 Lutherans, 256 Anglicans (Church of England), 225 Presbyterians, 125 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 101 Roman Catholics, 69 Baptists, 19 Congregationalists, 6 Brethren, 2 Adventists, 1 adherents of Eastern religions, 1 Mormons (Latter-day Saints), 1 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: AB196009 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_AB196009 — 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). "397. Lakeside, Alberta (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ab/397-lakeside-ab196009-1921/.