422. Gilt Edge, Alberta (1921 census)

422. Gilt Edge was a census subdivision in Alberta, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 1,475. The administrative centroid was at approximately 52.886°N, 110.657°W.

Population

In 1921, 422. Gilt Edge had a population of 1,475: 858 male and 617 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 (3.5% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, 422. Gilt Edge shared boundaries with:

• 392. Vale
• 421. Ribstone
• 423. Battle River
• 451. Merton
• 452. Grizzly Bear
• Edgerton, VL
• Wainwright, T-V

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 30 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 1,475 total population, 858 males in the population, 617 females in the population, 563 males born in Canada, 424 females born in Canada, 153 males born outside the British Empire, 142 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 99 females born outside the British Empire, 94 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 500 persons of British origin (English), 318 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 266 persons of British origin (Irish), 178 persons of French origin, 95 persons of Scandinavian origin, 39 persons of German origin, 27 persons of other European origin, 14 persons of Austrian origin, 14 persons of Ukrainian origin, 12 persons of Russian origin, 8 persons of British origin (other), 4 persons of Dutch origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 374 Methodists, 352 Presbyterians, 327 Anglicans (Church of England), 218 Roman Catholics, 71 Lutherans, 70 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 47 Baptists, 14 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 2 Christians (general / no denomination specified). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: AB195017 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_AB195017 — 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). "422. Gilt Edge, Alberta (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ab/422-gilt-edge-ab195017-1921/.