605. Ashmont, Alberta (1921 census)

Name: 605. Ashmont (1921)
Address: Alberta, CA

605. Ashmont was a census subdivision in Alberta, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 1,166. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q4805682. The administrative centroid was at approximately 54.162°N, 111.617°W.

Population

In 1921, 605. Ashmont had a population of 1,166: 643 male and 523 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 (2.2% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, 605. Ashmont 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 1,166 total population, 643 males in the population, 523 females in the population, 315 males born in Canada, 282 females born in Canada, 243 males born outside the British Empire, 195 females born outside the British Empire, 85 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 46 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 368 persons of Ukrainian origin, 317 persons of British origin (English), 156 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 117 persons of British origin (Irish), 96 persons of Scandinavian origin, 53 persons of French origin, 17 persons of German origin, 13 persons of Dutch origin, 10 persons of other European origin, 5 persons of British origin (other), 2 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 1 persons of Austrian origin, 1 persons of Italian origin, 1 persons of Polish origin, 1 persons of Russian origin. 6 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 359 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 201 Methodists, 183 Anglicans (Church of England), 139 Presbyterians, 114 Roman Catholics, 85 Lutherans, 39 Baptists, 34 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 6 Salvation Army adherents, 4 Adventists, 2 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: AB201014 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_AB201014 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
Wikidata: Q4805682
Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashmont,_Alberta
Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashmont_(Alberta)

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). "605. Ashmont, Alberta (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ab/605-ashmont-ab201014-1921/.