Donalda, VL, Alberta (1921 census)

Name: Donalda, VL (1921)
Address: Alberta, CA

Donalda, VL was a village in Alberta, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 248. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q1018483. The administrative centroid was at approximately 52.589°N, 112.578°W.

Population

In 1921, Donalda, VL had a population of 248: 124 male and 124 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 411 townships, 1911 (0.0% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, Donalda, VL shared boundaries with:

396. Haig

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 248 total population, 124 females in the population, 124 males in the population, 65 females born in Canada, 60 males born outside the British Empire, 55 females born outside the British Empire, 55 males born in Canada, 9 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 4 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 81 persons of Scandinavian origin, 56 persons of British origin (English), 45 persons of British origin (Irish), 26 persons of German origin, 25 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 8 persons of French origin, 2 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 2 persons of Greek origin, 1 persons of British origin (other), 1 persons of Dutch origin, 1 persons of other European origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 99 Lutherans, 66 Methodists, 38 Roman Catholics, 22 Presbyterians, 16 Anglicans (Church of England), 4 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 2 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 1 adherents of Eastern religions. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: AB196039 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_AB196039 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
Wikidata: Q1018483
Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donalda
Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donalda_(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). "Donalda, VL, Alberta (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ab/donalda-vl-ab196039-1921/.