92. Excelsior, Alberta (1921 census)

Name: 92. Excelsior (1921)
Address: Alberta, CA

92. Excelsior was a census subdivision in Alberta, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 813. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.915°N, 110.616°W.

Population

In 1921, 92. Excelsior had a population of 813: 446 male and 367 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 606 townships, 1911 (1.5% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, 92. Excelsior 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 813 total population, 446 males in the population, 367 females in the population, 256 males born in Canada, 230 females born in Canada, 130 males born outside the British Empire, 96 females born outside the British Empire, 60 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 41 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 273 persons of Russian origin, 246 persons of British origin (English), 90 persons of British origin (Irish), 68 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 54 persons of German origin, 31 persons of Scandinavian origin, 13 persons of Austrian origin, 10 persons of Dutch origin, 8 persons of British origin (other), 8 persons of French origin, 6 persons of Belgian origin, 3 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 2 persons of Polish origin, 1 persons of other European origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 218 Lutherans, 161 Presbyterians, 143 Anglicans (Church of England), 103 Methodists, 71 members of the Evangelical Association, 39 Roman Catholics, 35 Baptists, 18 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 8 Congregationalists, 7 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 6 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 3 adherents of Eastern religions, 1 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: AB189020 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_AB189020 — 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). "92. Excelsior, Alberta (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ab/92-excelsior-ab189020-1921/.