516. The Pines, Alberta (1921 census)

Name: 516. The Pines (1921)
Address: Alberta, CA

516. The Pines was a census subdivision in Alberta, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 3,409. The administrative centroid was at approximately 53.628°N, 112.509°W.

Population

In 1921, 516. The Pines had a population of 3,409: 1,775 male and 1,634 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 (3.1% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, 516. The Pines shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 36 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 3,409 total population, 1,775 males in the population, 1,634 females in the population, 1,079 females born in Canada, 1,065 males born in Canada, 683 males born outside the British Empire, 528 females born outside the British Empire, 27 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 27 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 2,097 persons of Ukrainian origin, 285 persons of Polish origin, 214 persons of Russian origin, 171 persons of German origin, 149 persons of British origin (English), 116 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 99 persons of British origin (Irish), 87 persons of other European origin, 69 persons of Scandinavian origin, 43 persons of French origin, 40 persons of Dutch origin, 33 persons of Austrian origin, 5 persons of British origin (other). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 2,258 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 530 Roman Catholics, 183 Methodists, 142 Lutherans, 121 Presbyterians, 96 Anglicans (Church of England), 19 Adventists, 15 Baptists, 15 Congregationalists, 15 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 9 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 5 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 1 members of the Evangelical Association, 1 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: AB198016 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_AB198016 — 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). "516. The Pines, Alberta (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ab/516-the-pines-ab198016-1921/.