190. Sheep Creek, Alberta (1921 census)
190. Sheep Creek was a census subdivision in Alberta, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 1,809. The administrative centroid was at approximately 50.705°N, 113.945°W.
Population
In 1921, 190. Sheep Creek had a population of 1,809: 1,026 male and 783 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 198 townships, 1911 (5.0% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921
In the 1921 census, 190. Sheep Creek shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1921
The 1921 census recorded 43 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.
Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 1,809 total population, 1,026 males in the population, 783 females in the population, 657 males born in Canada, 534 females born in Canada, 189 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 180 males born outside the British Empire, 128 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 121 females born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)
Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 650 persons of British origin (English), 488 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 308 persons of British origin (Irish), 110 persons of German origin, 69 persons of Dutch origin, 46 persons of Scandinavian origin, 43 persons of French origin, 16 persons of other European origin, 14 persons of British origin (other), 12 persons of Belgian origin, 12 persons of Russian origin, 6 persons of Austrian origin, 2 persons of Polish origin, 1 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 1 persons of Finnish origin, 1 persons of Italian origin. 14 persons recorded under the 1921 official census category "Hebrew" (origin/ethnicity); now described as Jewish origin. 3 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). 1 persons recorded under the 1911/1921 official census category "Negro"; refers to people of African descent. Term is now considered offensive and is preserved here only as the historical source label. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)
Religion (1921). This community's record includes 776 Presbyterians, 387 Anglicans (Church of England), 212 Methodists, 139 Roman Catholics, 95 Baptists, 72 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 38 Mennonites, 35 Lutherans, 31 Adventists, 13 Jews, 12 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 7 Congregationalists, 1 adherents of Eastern religions, 1 Disciples of Christ, 1 Mormons (Latter-day Saints). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
AB192014— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_AB192014— 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). "190. Sheep Creek, Alberta (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ab/190-sheep-creek-ab192014-1921/.