456. Parkland, Alberta (1921 census)
456. Parkland was a census subdivision in Alberta, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 2,561. The administrative centroid was at approximately 53.062°N, 112.410°W.
Population
In 1921, 456. Parkland had a population of 2,561: 1,442 male and 1,119 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, 456. Parkland shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1921
The 1921 census recorded 39 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.
Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 2,561 total population, 1,442 males in the population, 1,119 females in the population, 696 males born in Canada, 672 males born outside the British Empire, 600 females born in Canada, 480 females born outside the British Empire, 74 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 39 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)
Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 967 persons of Scandinavian origin, 342 persons of Ukrainian origin, 257 persons of British origin (English), 240 persons of Austrian origin, 202 persons of German origin, 197 persons of Polish origin, 120 persons of British origin (Irish), 82 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 40 persons of Finnish origin, 29 persons of other European origin, 24 persons of French origin, 13 persons of British origin (other), 12 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 10 persons of Dutch origin, 7 persons of Belgian origin, 6 persons of Russian origin. 4 persons recorded under the official census category "Indian"; corresponds to what is now described as Indigenous (First Nations; in northern enumerations also Inuit) origin. "Indian" was simultaneously a census category and the legal/administrative term under the Indian Act (1876). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)
Religion (1921). This community's record includes 933 Lutherans, 522 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 472 Roman Catholics, 166 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 151 Methodists, 130 Anglicans (Church of England), 118 Presbyterians, 38 Baptists, 11 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 10 Mennonites, 9 Brethren, 9 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 1 adherents of Eastern religions. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
AB196016— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_AB196016— 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). "456. Parkland, Alberta (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ab/456-parkland-ab196016-1921/.