451. Merton, Alberta (1921 census)

451. Merton was a census subdivision in Alberta, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 1,132. The administrative centroid was at approximately 52.974°N, 110.223°W.

Population

In 1921, 451. Merton had a population of 1,132: 638 male and 494 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, 451. Merton shared boundaries with:

• 421. Ribstone
• 422. Gilt Edge
• 442. Manitou Lake
• 452. Grizzly Bear
• 472. Wilton
• 481. Wellington

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 1,132 total population, 638 males in the population, 494 females in the population, 282 males born in Canada, 241 females born in Canada, 213 males born outside the British Empire, 144 females born outside the British Empire, 143 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 109 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 525 persons of British origin (English), 318 persons of Scandinavian origin, 144 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 111 persons of British origin (Irish), 15 persons of German origin, 7 persons of Russian origin, 6 persons of Austrian origin, 4 persons of Finnish origin, 1 persons of Dutch origin, 1 persons of French origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 332 Lutherans, 261 Presbyterians, 251 Anglicans (Church of England), 164 Methodists, 60 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 23 Baptists, 17 Congregationalists, 16 Roman Catholics, 6 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 1 adherents of Eastern religions, 1 Protestants (general / no denomination specified). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: AB198001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_AB198001 — 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). "451. Merton, Alberta (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ab/451-merton-ab198001-1921/.