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. Population density was 7.0 people per square mile.
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:
Full census record, 1921
The 1921 census recorded 36 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 2 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| POP F | 616 |
| POP M | 784 |
| POP TOT | 1,400 |
Other recorded variables (33 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| ADVENTISTS | 1 |
| ANGLICANS | 53 |
| BAPTISTS | 133 |
| BRIT BORN F | 69 |
| BRIT BORN M | 105 |
| BRIT ENG | 256 |
| BRIT IRISH | 11 |
| BRIT OTHER | 256 |
| BRIT SCOTCH | 58 |
| CAN BORN F | 314 |
| CAN BORN M | 347 |
| CHRISTIANS | 1 |
| CONGREGATIONALISTS | 8 |
| DISCIPLES OF CHRIST | 2 |
| EUR AUSTRIAN | 4 |
| EUR BELGIAN | 12 |
| EUR DUTCH | 1 |
| EUR FINNISH | 1 |
| EUR FRENCH | 16 |
| EUR GERMAN | 172 |
| EUR OTHER | 61 |
| EUR POLISH | 28 |
| EUR RUSSIAN | 160 |
| EUR SCANDINAVIAN | 363 |
| FOREIGN BORN F | 233 |
| FOREIGN BORN M | 332 |
| GREEK CHURCH | 1 |
| LUTHERANS | 539 |
| METHODISTS | 275 |
| OTHER SECTS | 43 |
| PRESBYTERIANS | 210 |
| ROMAN CATHOLICS | 133 |
| UNSPECIFIED | 1 |
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/.