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Year: 1921  |  Province: Alberta

Indian reserves, Alberta (1921 census)

Indian reserves was a census subdivision in Alberta, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 742. The administrative centroid was at approximately 53.654°N, 114.112°W.

Population

In 1921, Indian reserves had a population of 742: 383 male and 359 female residents. Population density was 5.2 people per square mile.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
1911726
1921742
1921446

Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).

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

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, Indian reserves shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 21 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 2 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (3 variables)
VariableValue
POP F359
POP M383
POP TOT742
Other recorded variables (18 variables)
VariableValue
ANGLICANS9
BRIT BORN F3
BRIT BORN M5
BRIT ENG37
BRIT IRISH1
BRIT SCOTCH1
CAN BORN F354
CAN BORN M377
CSD TYPER
EUR BELGIAN3
EUR OTHER1
FOREIGN BORN F2
FOREIGN BORN M1
INDIAN699
METHODISTS118
PRESBYTERIANS5
PROTESTANTS1
ROMAN CATHOLICS609

Identifiers

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-ab199015-1921/.