855. L.I.D.- D.A.L., Alberta (1921 census)

855. L.I.D.- D.A.L. was a census subdivision in Alberta, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 253. The administrative centroid was at approximately 56.291°N, 116.946°W.

Population

In 1921, 855. L.I.D.- D.A.L. had a population of 253: 159 male and 94 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 NO DATA, 1911 (0.4% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, 855. L.I.D.- D.A.L. shared boundaries with:

• 825. L.I.D.- D.A.L.
• 826. L.I.D.- D.A.L.
• 857. Peace
• 886. L.I.D.- D.A.L.
• NO DATA
• Peace River, T-V
• Remainder of province comprising northern parts

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 28 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 253 total population, 159 males in the population, 94 females in the population, 89 males born in Canada, 58 females born in Canada, 39 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 31 males born outside the British Empire, 21 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 15 females born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 118 persons of British origin (English), 45 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 34 persons of French origin, 18 persons of British origin (Irish), 6 persons of Scandinavian origin, 2 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 2 persons of German origin, 2 persons of other European origin, 2 persons of Russian origin, 1 persons of British origin (other). 23 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 81 Anglicans (Church of England), 73 Roman Catholics, 47 Presbyterians, 20 Methodists, 12 Baptists, 12 Lutherans, 6 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 2 Christians (general / no denomination specified). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: AB203025 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_AB203025 — 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). "855. L.I.D.- D.A.L., Alberta (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ab/855-l-i-d-d-a-l-ab203025-1921/.