487. Cornhill, Alberta (1921 census)

Name: 487. Cornhill (1921)
Address: Alberta, CA

487. Cornhill was a census subdivision in Alberta, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 2,210. The administrative centroid was at approximately 53.363°N, 112.833°W.

Population

In 1921, 487. Cornhill had a population of 2,210: 1,232 male and 978 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 (4.5% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, 487. Cornhill shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 43 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 2,210 total population, 1,232 males in the population, 978 females in the population, 633 males born in Canada, 561 females born in Canada, 452 males born outside the British Empire, 320 females born outside the British Empire, 147 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 97 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 701 persons of Scandinavian origin, 481 persons of British origin (English), 336 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 238 persons of British origin (Irish), 113 persons of Russian origin, 108 persons of German origin, 57 persons of French origin, 55 persons of Dutch origin, 36 persons of Austrian origin, 17 persons of British origin (other), 17 persons of other European origin, 15 persons of Ukrainian origin, 10 persons of Polish origin, 3 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 2 persons of Greek origin, 1 persons of Syrian 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). 6 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 769 Lutherans, 344 Methodists, 324 Presbyterians, 244 Anglicans (Church of England), 227 Roman Catholics, 84 Baptists, 71 Mennonites, 49 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 44 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 21 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 20 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 6 Jews, 5 Congregationalists, 5 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 1 adherents of Eastern religions, 1 Adventists. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: AB199001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_AB199001 — 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). "487. Cornhill, Alberta (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ab/487-cornhill-ab199001-1921/.