Indian reserves, Alberta (1921 census)

Name: Indian reserves (1921)
Address: Alberta, CA

Note on Indian Reserves in the Census of Canada. The 1851–1921 censuses enumerated First Nations populations on reserves inconsistently across years and regions, sometimes naming individual reserves and sometimes aggregating them under a generic "Indian Reserves" bundle per Census District. This page reflects the historical census record as published; it is not an authoritative description of any specific First Nation, band, or reserve. For accurate information, consult the annual reports of the Department of Indian Affairs (1864–present, available through Library and Archives Canada), the Indigenous Services Canada First Nation Profiles, and First Nations communities directly.

Indian reserves was a census subdivision in Alberta, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 1,630. The administrative centroid was at approximately 50.941°N, 113.784°W.

Population

In 1921, Indian reserves had a population of 1,630: 836 male and 794 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 contained Stony I R, 1911 (29.3% share).
In an earlier year, this CSD contained Sarcee I R, 1911 (20.1% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, Indian reserves shared boundaries with:

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 1,630 total population, 836 males in the population, 794 females in the population, 771 males born in Canada, 764 females born in Canada, 38 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 27 males born outside the British Empire, 21 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 9 females born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 80 persons of British origin (English), 33 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 20 persons of British origin (Irish), 19 persons of French origin, 7 persons of Scandinavian origin, 5 persons of Italian origin, 2 persons of German origin, 2 persons of Polish origin. 1,449 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). 3 persons recorded under the 1921 official census category "Hebrew" (origin/ethnicity); now described as Jewish origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 625 Methodists, 446 Anglicans (Church of England), 288 Roman Catholics, 192 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 62 Presbyterians, 10 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 8 Lutherans, 3 Baptists, 3 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: AB194024 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_AB194024 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
External authority links suppressed for Indian Reserve entries. See methodological note above.

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). "Indian reserves, Alberta (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ab/indian-reserves-ab194024-1921/.