550. Woodford, Alberta (1921 census)
550. Woodford was a census subdivision in Alberta, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 1,747. The administrative centroid was at approximately 53.759°N, 114.227°W.
Population
In 1921, 550. Woodford had a population of 1,747: 966 male and 781 female residents. Population density was 5.6 people per square mile.
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 (4.2% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921
In the 1921 census, 550. Woodford shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1921
The 1921 census recorded 39 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 2 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| POP F | 781 |
| POP M | 966 |
| POP TOT | 1,747 |
Other recorded variables (36 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| ADVENTISTS | 10 |
| ANGLICANS | 422 |
| BAPTISTS | 103 |
| BRIT BORN F | 156 |
| BRIT BORN M | 202 |
| BRIT ENG | 579 |
| BRIT IRISH | 194 |
| BRIT OTHER | 29 |
| BRIT SCOTCH | 196 |
| CAN BORN F | 426 |
| CAN BORN M | 494 |
| CHRISTIANS | 19 |
| EUR BELGIAN | 18 |
| EUR DUTCH | 9 |
| EUR FRENCH | 133 |
| EUR GERMAN | 96 |
| EUR HEBREW | 4 |
| EUR ITALIAN | 10 |
| EUR OTHER | 2 |
| EUR POLISH | 8 |
| EUR RUSSIAN | 11 |
| EUR SCANDINAVIAN | 249 |
| EVANGELICAL ASSOCIATION | 6 |
| FOREIGN BORN F | 199 |
| FOREIGN BORN M | 270 |
| INDIAN | 208 |
| JEWS | 4 |
| LUTHERANS | 200 |
| METHODISTS | 121 |
| MORMONS | 15 |
| NEGRO | 1 |
| OTHER SECTS | 29 |
| PRESBYTERIANS | 302 |
| ROMAN CATHOLICS | 509 |
| SALVATION ARMY | 6 |
| UNSPECIFIED | 1 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
AB199013— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_AB199013— 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). "550. Woodford, Alberta (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ab/550-woodford-ab199013-1921/.