579. Hazelwood, Alberta (1921 census)
579. Hazelwood was a census subdivision in Alberta, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 2,509. The administrative centroid was at approximately 54.019°N, 113.792°W.
Population
In 1921, 579. Hazelwood had a population of 2,509: 1,425 male and 1,084 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 (4.0% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921
In the 1921 census, 579. Hazelwood shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1921
The 1921 census recorded 45 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.
Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 2,509 total population, 1,425 males in the population, 1,084 females in the population, 988 males born in Canada, 775 females born in Canada, 300 males born outside the British Empire, 213 females born outside the British Empire, 137 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 96 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)
Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 1,220 persons of French origin, 445 persons of British origin (English), 297 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 242 persons of British origin (Irish), 102 persons of German origin, 71 persons of Belgian origin, 38 persons of Scandinavian origin, 22 persons of Polish origin, 21 persons of Dutch origin, 11 persons of other European origin, 9 persons of Italian origin, 8 persons of Russian origin, 5 persons of Austrian origin, 4 persons of British origin (other), 3 persons of Finnish origin. 7 persons recorded under the 1921 official census category "Hebrew" (origin/ethnicity); now described as Jewish origin. 1 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. 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 1,438 Roman Catholics, 447 Presbyterians, 201 Methodists, 189 Anglicans (Church of England), 64 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 46 Baptists, 45 Lutherans, 33 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 14 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 7 Jews, 7 Mormons (Latter-day Saints), 5 members of the Evangelical Association, 4 Disciples of Christ, 4 Salvation Army adherents, 3 Brethren, 2 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 1 Congregationalists, 1 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
AB202004— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_AB202004— 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). "579. Hazelwood, Alberta (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ab/579-hazelwood-ab202004-1921/.