515. Norma, Alberta (1921 census)

Name: 515. Norma (1921)
Address: Alberta, CA

515. Norma was a census subdivision in Alberta, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 2,435. The administrative centroid was at approximately 53.586°N, 111.992°W.

Population

In 1921, 515. Norma had a population of 2,435: 1,325 male and 1,110 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, 515. Norma 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 2,435 total population, 1,325 males in the population, 1,110 females in the population, 840 males born in Canada, 734 females born in Canada, 444 males born outside the British Empire, 336 females born outside the British Empire, 41 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 40 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 676 persons of Austrian origin, 573 persons of Ukrainian origin, 301 persons of British origin (English), 194 persons of British origin (Irish), 174 persons of German origin, 171 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 118 persons of French origin, 80 persons of Scandinavian origin, 69 persons of Polish origin, 32 persons of Russian origin, 24 persons of Dutch origin, 14 persons of British origin (other), 7 persons of other European origin. 1 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 1,158 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 286 Methodists, 267 Roman Catholics, 263 Presbyterians, 151 Anglicans (Church of England), 125 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 88 Baptists, 73 Lutherans, 12 Adventists, 4 Brethren, 4 Salvation Army adherents, 2 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 1 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 1 Mennonites, 1 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: AB198015 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_AB198015 — 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). "515. Norma, Alberta (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ab/515-norma-ab198015-1921/.