489. Liberty, Alberta (1921 census)
489. Liberty was a census subdivision in Alberta, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 3,664. The administrative centroid was at approximately 53.231°N, 113.752°W.
Population
In 1921, 489. Liberty had a population of 3,664: 1,998 male and 1,666 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 (3.6% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921
In the 1921 census, 489. Liberty shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1921
The 1921 census recorded 38 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.
Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 3,664 total population, 1,998 males in the population, 1,666 females in the population, 1,116 males born in Canada, 1,008 females born in Canada, 787 males born outside the British Empire, 595 females born outside the British Empire, 95 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 63 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)
Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 650 persons of Russian origin, 572 persons of British origin (English), 555 persons of Ukrainian origin, 537 persons of Scandinavian origin, 491 persons of Austrian origin, 288 persons of German origin, 236 persons of Polish origin, 165 persons of British origin (Irish), 105 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 28 persons of French origin, 10 persons of Finnish origin, 9 persons of other European origin, 6 persons of Belgian origin, 2 persons of Dutch origin, 1 persons of Italian origin. 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 1,061 Lutherans, 793 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 424 Roman Catholics, 321 Presbyterians, 302 Baptists, 226 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 223 Anglicans (Church of England), 166 Methodists, 104 Adventists, 15 Mormons (Latter-day Saints), 14 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 6 Jews, 3 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
AB199003— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_AB199003— 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). "489. Liberty, Alberta (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ab/489-liberty-ab199003-1921/.