483. Melberta, Alberta (1921 census)

483. Melberta was a census subdivision in Alberta, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 1,424. The administrative centroid was at approximately 53.409°N, 111.108°W.

Population

In 1921, 483. Melberta had a population of 1,424: 799 male and 625 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 263 townships, 1911 (3.5% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, 483. Melberta shared boundaries with:

• 453. Buffalo Coulee
• 482. Vermilion Valley
• 484. Birch Lake
• 513. Ukrainia
• Mannville, VL

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 40 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 1,424 total population, 799 males in the population, 625 females in the population, 470 males born in Canada, 373 females born in Canada, 170 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 159 males born outside the British Empire, 138 females born outside the British Empire, 114 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 470 persons of British origin (English), 342 persons of British origin (Irish), 341 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 78 persons of German origin, 74 persons of Scandinavian origin, 28 persons of French origin, 20 persons of Russian origin, 19 persons of British origin (other), 18 persons of Austrian origin, 9 persons of other European origin, 7 persons of Polish origin, 5 persons of Dutch origin, 2 persons of Ukrainian origin, 1 persons of Belgian origin, 1 persons of Finnish origin. 9 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 411 Presbyterians, 356 Anglicans (Church of England), 259 Methodists, 127 Lutherans, 73 Roman Catholics, 62 Baptists, 47 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 30 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 21 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 17 Adventists, 6 Brethren, 6 Mennonites, 4 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 4 Congregationalists, 1 Disciples of Christ. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: AB198007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_AB198007 — 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). "483. Melberta, Alberta (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ab/483-melberta-ab198007-1921/.