Alberton, T-V, Prince Edward Island (1921 census)

Name: Alberton, T-V (1921)
Address: Prince Edward Island, CA

Alberton, T-V was a town in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 625. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q740843. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.819°N, 64.087°W.

Population

In 1921, Alberton, T-V had a population of 625: 322 male and 303 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 Township 4, 1911 (2.3% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, Alberton, T-V shared boundaries with:

Township 4

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 20 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 625 total population, 322 males in the population, 314 males born in Canada, 303 females in the population, 298 females born in Canada, 6 males born outside the British Empire, 5 females born outside the British Empire, 2 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 326 persons of British origin (English), 142 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 118 persons of British origin (Irish), 38 persons of French origin, 1 persons of Italian origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 273 Roman Catholics, 198 Presbyterians, 71 Anglicans (Church of England), 51 Methodists, 20 Baptists, 7 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 5 Protestants (general / no denomination specified). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: PE002025 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_PE002025 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
Wikidata: Q740843
Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberton,_Prince_Edward_Island
Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberton_(%C3%8Ele-du-Prince-%C3%89douard)

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). "Alberton, T-V, Prince Edward Island (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/alberton-t-v-pe002025-1921/.