496. L.I.D.- D.A.L., Alberta (1921 census)

496. L.I.D.- D.A.L. was a census subdivision in Alberta, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 746. The administrative centroid was at approximately 53.149°N, 116.854°W.

Population

In 1921, 496. L.I.D.- D.A.L. had a population of 746: 580 male and 166 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 NO DATA, 1911 (0.3% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, 496. L.I.D.- D.A.L. shared boundaries with:

• 526. L.I.D.- D.A.L.
• NO DATA
• Unorganised parts between townships 30 & 47 - W. to the provincial boundary
• Unorganized parts between townships 46 and 57 W. to the provincial boundary

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 37 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 746 total population, 580 males in the population, 279 males born outside the British Empire, 166 females in the population, 162 males born in Canada, 139 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 92 females born in Canada, 45 females born outside the British Empire, 29 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 188 persons of British origin (English), 116 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 74 persons of British origin (Irish), 59 persons of other European origin, 50 persons of Austrian origin, 45 persons of Italian origin, 45 persons of Russian origin, 43 persons of Scandinavian origin, 32 persons of French origin, 22 persons of Polish origin, 17 persons of Ukrainian origin, 16 persons of German origin, 12 persons of British origin (other), 3 persons of Dutch origin, 2 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 1 persons of other Asian origin. 20 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 211 Roman Catholics, 149 Presbyterians, 141 Anglicans (Church of England), 137 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 52 Lutherans, 26 Methodists, 14 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 14 Baptists, 1 adherents of Eastern religions, 1 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 1 Salvation Army adherents. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: AB200001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_AB200001 — 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). "496. L.I.D.- D.A.L., Alberta (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ab/496-l-i-d-d-a-l-ab200001-1921/.