547. Leslie, Alberta (1921 census)

547. Leslie was a census subdivision in Alberta, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 3,299. The administrative centroid was at approximately 53.864°N, 112.772°W.

Population

In 1921, 547. Leslie had a population of 3,299: 1,758 male and 1,541 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, 547. Leslie shared boundaries with:

• 516. The Pines
• 517. Clover Bar
• 546. Wostok
• 576. Smoky Lake
• 577. Unity
• Bruderheim, VL
• Lamont, VL

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 35 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 3,299 total population, 1,758 males in the population, 1,541 females in the population, 1,010 males born in Canada, 962 females born in Canada, 729 males born outside the British Empire, 571 females born outside the British Empire, 19 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 8 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 1,213 persons of Ukrainian origin, 603 persons of Russian origin, 564 persons of Austrian origin, 333 persons of Polish origin, 164 persons of German origin, 155 persons of British origin (Irish), 116 persons of British origin (English), 92 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 37 persons of Scandinavian origin, 14 persons of Dutch origin, 5 persons of other European origin, 1 persons of British origin (other). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 1,402 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 804 Roman Catholics, 378 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 280 Lutherans, 171 Presbyterians, 157 Methodists, 32 Anglicans (Church of England), 25 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 14 Mormons (Latter-day Saints), 11 Adventists, 9 Baptists, 8 Congregationalists, 6 Mennonites, 2 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: AB198019 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_AB198019 — 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). "547. Leslie, Alberta (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ab/547-leslie-ab198019-1921/.