Walsh, VL, Alberta (1921 census)
Walsh, VL was a village in Alberta, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 74. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7963806. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.942°N, 110.039°W.
Population
In 1921, Walsh, VL had a population of 74: 36 male and 38 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 (0.0% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921
In the 1921 census, Walsh, VL shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1921
The 1921 census recorded 23 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.
Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 74 total population, 38 females in the population, 36 males in the population, 27 females born in Canada, 19 males born in Canada, 10 males born outside the British Empire, 7 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 6 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 5 females born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)
Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 42 persons of British origin (English), 12 persons of Russian origin, 8 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 5 persons of German origin, 4 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)
Religion (1921). This community's record includes 17 Presbyterians, 12 Methodists, 11 Lutherans, 10 Anglicans (Church of England), 8 Baptists, 8 Roman Catholics, 6 adherents of Eastern religions, 3 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 2 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
AB189030— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_AB189030— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q7963806
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walsh,_Alberta
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walsh_(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). "Walsh, VL, Alberta (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ab/walsh-vl-ab189030-1921/.