428. Waterglen, Alberta (1921 census)

428. Waterglen was a census subdivision in Alberta, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 1,400. The administrative centroid was at approximately 52.662°N, 113.245°W.

Population

In 1921, 428. Waterglen had a population of 1,400: 784 male and 616 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 (1.4% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, 428. Waterglen shared boundaries with:

• 397. Lakeside
• 398. Lamerton
• 427. Evergreen
• 429. Fertile Valley
• 458. Montgomery
• Indian reserves

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 36 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 1,400 total population, 784 males in the population, 616 females in the population, 347 males born in Canada, 332 males born outside the British Empire, 314 females born in Canada, 233 females born outside the British Empire, 105 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 69 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 363 persons of Scandinavian origin, 256 persons of British origin (English), 256 persons of British origin (other), 172 persons of German origin, 160 persons of Russian origin, 61 persons of other European origin, 58 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 28 persons of Polish origin, 16 persons of French origin, 12 persons of Belgian origin, 11 persons of British origin (Irish), 4 persons of Austrian origin, 1 persons of Dutch origin, 1 persons of Finnish origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 539 Lutherans, 275 Methodists, 210 Presbyterians, 133 Baptists, 133 Roman Catholics, 53 Anglicans (Church of England), 43 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 8 Congregationalists, 2 Disciples of Christ, 1 Adventists, 1 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 1 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 1 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: AB196014 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_AB196014 — 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). "428. Waterglen, Alberta (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ab/428-waterglen-ab196014-1921/.