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. Population density was 10.7 people per square mile.
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 2 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| POP F | 1,666 |
| POP M | 1,998 |
| POP TOT | 3,664 |
Other recorded variables (35 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| ADVENTISTS | 104 |
| ANGLICANS | 223 |
| BAPTISTS | 302 |
| BRIT BORN F | 63 |
| BRIT BORN M | 95 |
| BRIT ENG | 572 |
| BRIT IRISH | 165 |
| BRIT SCOTCH | 105 |
| CAN BORN F | 1,008 |
| CAN BORN M | 1,116 |
| CHRISTIANS | 14 |
| EUR AUSTRIAN | 491 |
| EUR BELGIAN | 6 |
| EUR DUTCH | 2 |
| EUR FINNISH | 10 |
| EUR FRENCH | 28 |
| EUR GERMAN | 288 |
| EUR HEBREW | 6 |
| EUR ITALIAN | 1 |
| EUR OTHER | 9 |
| EUR POLISH | 236 |
| EUR RUSSIAN | 650 |
| EUR SCANDINAVIAN | 537 |
| EUR UKRAINIAN | 555 |
| FOREIGN BORN F | 595 |
| FOREIGN BORN M | 787 |
| GREEK CHURCH | 793 |
| JEWS | 6 |
| LUTHERANS | 1,061 |
| METHODISTS | 166 |
| MORMONS | 15 |
| OTHER SECTS | 226 |
| PRESBYTERIANS | 321 |
| ROMAN CATHOLICS | 424 |
| UNSPECIFIED | 3 |
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/.