520. Inga, Alberta (1921 census)

Name: 520. Inga (1921)
Address: Alberta, CA

520. Inga was a census subdivision in Alberta, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 2,090. The administrative centroid was at approximately 53.495°N, 114.204°W.

Population

In 1921, 520. Inga had a population of 2,090: 1,126 male and 964 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 226 townships, 1911 (4.1% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, 520. Inga shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 39 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 2,090 total population, 1,126 males in the population, 964 females in the population, 604 males born in Canada, 565 females born in Canada, 401 males born outside the British Empire, 315 females born outside the British Empire, 121 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 84 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 450 persons of British origin (English), 390 persons of Austrian origin, 333 persons of German origin, 231 persons of Russian origin, 211 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 119 persons of British origin (Irish), 115 persons of Ukrainian origin, 71 persons of Scandinavian origin, 60 persons of French origin, 41 persons of Polish origin, 23 persons of British origin (other), 11 persons of Dutch origin, 10 persons of other European origin, 5 persons of Belgian origin, 1 persons of Finnish origin. 12 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). 7 persons recorded under the 1911/1921 official census category "Negro"; refers to people of African descent. Term is now considered offensive and is preserved here only as the historical source label. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 737 Lutherans, 247 Anglicans (Church of England), 236 Roman Catholics, 218 Presbyterians, 184 Methodists, 146 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 140 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 105 Baptists, 36 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 17 Adventists, 10 Mormons (Latter-day Saints), 7 Congregationalists, 7 Salvation Army adherents. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: AB199009 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_AB199009 — 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). "520. Inga, Alberta (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ab/520-inga-ab199009-1921/.