280. Rosebud, Alberta (1921 census)

Name: 280. Rosebud (1921)
Address: Alberta, CA

280. Rosebud was a census subdivision in Alberta, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 1,935. The administrative centroid was at approximately 51.489°N, 113.901°W.

Population

In 1921, 280. Rosebud had a population of 1,935: 1,124 male and 811 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 92 townships, 1911 (12.1% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, 280. Rosebud shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 42 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 1,935 total population, 1,124 males in the population, 811 females in the population, 621 males born in Canada, 483 females born in Canada, 333 males born outside the British Empire, 216 females born outside the British Empire, 170 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 112 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 679 persons of British origin (English), 425 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 239 persons of British origin (Irish), 237 persons of German origin, 101 persons of Scandinavian origin, 79 persons of Russian origin, 55 persons of Dutch origin, 51 persons of French origin, 28 persons of British origin (other), 7 persons of other European origin, 3 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 2 persons of Austrian origin, 2 persons of Belgian origin, 2 persons of Polish origin, 1 persons of Italian origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 639 Presbyterians, 413 Methodists, 243 Anglicans (Church of England), 187 Roman Catholics, 120 Mennonites, 99 Baptists, 99 Lutherans, 54 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 24 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 23 Adventists, 19 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 13 members of the Evangelical Association, 11 Brethren, 7 Mormons (Latter-day Saints), 3 Congregationalists, 3 Disciples of Christ, 1 adherents of Eastern religions, 1 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: AB194016 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_AB194016 — 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). "280. Rosebud, Alberta (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ab/280-rosebud-ab194016-1921/.