455. Iron Creek, Alberta (1921 census)

455. Iron Creek was a census subdivision in Alberta, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 1,931. The administrative centroid was at approximately 53.060°N, 111.975°W.

Population

In 1921, 455. Iron Creek had a population of 1,931: 1,066 male and 865 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, 455. Iron Creek shared boundaries with:

• 424. Kinsella
• 425. Stirling
• 454. Lake View
• 456. Parkland
• 485. Patricia
• Viking, VL

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 42 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 1,931 total population, 1,066 males in the population, 865 females in the population, 554 males born in Canada, 507 females born in Canada, 422 males born outside the British Empire, 297 females born outside the British Empire, 90 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 61 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 Ukrainian origin, 339 persons of British origin (English), 338 persons of Scandinavian origin, 144 persons of Austrian origin, 136 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 121 persons of German origin, 119 persons of British origin (Irish), 116 persons of other European origin, 113 persons of Polish origin, 61 persons of French origin, 38 persons of Russian origin, 12 persons of British origin (other), 6 persons of Dutch origin, 3 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 2 persons of Italian origin. 3 persons recorded under the 1921 official census category "Hebrew" (origin/ethnicity); now described as Jewish origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 533 Roman Catholics, 356 Lutherans, 346 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 201 Methodists, 187 Anglicans (Church of England), 176 Presbyterians, 46 Baptists, 24 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 21 members of the Evangelical Association, 10 Mormons (Latter-day Saints), 8 Congregationalists, 8 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 4 adherents of Eastern religions, 3 Adventists, 3 Jews, 2 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 1 Brethren. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: AB195021 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_AB195021 — 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). "455. Iron Creek, Alberta (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ab/455-iron-creek-ab195021-1921/.