157. Marquis, Alberta (1921 census)

157. Marquis was a census subdivision in Alberta, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 1,659. The administrative centroid was at approximately 50.566°N, 112.981°W.

Population

In 1921, 157. Marquis had a population of 1,659: 956 male and 703 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 Queenston vl (T19 R22 MW4), 1911 (0.2% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, 157. Marquis shared boundaries with:

• 127. Clifton
• 128. Harmony
• 156. L.I.D.- D.A.L.
• 158. Royal
• 189. Dinton
• Indian reserves

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 39 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 1,659 total population, 956 males in the population, 703 females in the population, 417 males born in Canada, 413 males born outside the British Empire, 340 females born in Canada, 285 females born outside the British Empire, 126 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 78 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 503 persons of British origin (English), 312 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 250 persons of British origin (Irish), 217 persons of Scandinavian origin, 202 persons of German origin, 63 persons of Dutch origin, 44 persons of French origin, 44 persons of Russian origin, 11 persons of British origin (other), 5 persons of other European origin, 1 persons of Austrian origin, 1 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 1 persons of Polish origin. 5 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). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 326 Presbyterians, 287 Methodists, 229 Brethren, 212 Lutherans, 179 Anglicans (Church of England), 144 Roman Catholics, 143 Baptists, 93 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 26 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 5 Congregationalists, 5 Mormons (Latter-day Saints), 3 Adventists, 3 Disciples of Christ, 2 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 1 adherents of Eastern religions, 1 Mennonites. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: AB192008 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_AB192008 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.

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). "157. Marquis, Alberta (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ab/157-marquis-ab192008-1921/.