308. Ghost Pine, Alberta (1921 census)
308. Ghost Pine was a census subdivision in Alberta, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 2,298. The administrative centroid was at approximately 51.801°N, 113.133°W.
Population
In 1921, 308. Ghost Pine had a population of 2,298: 1,285 male and 1,013 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 411 townships, 1911 (2.3% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921
In the 1921 census, 308. Ghost Pine shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1921
The 1921 census recorded 45 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.
Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 2,298 total population, 1,285 males in the population, 1,013 females in the population, 608 males born in Canada, 519 females born in Canada, 478 males born outside the British Empire, 367 females born outside the British Empire, 199 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 127 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)
Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 560 persons of British origin (English), 451 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 337 persons of British origin (Irish), 173 persons of Russian origin, 164 persons of German origin, 147 persons of French origin, 122 persons of Scandinavian origin, 101 persons of other European origin, 78 persons of Finnish origin, 40 persons of Dutch origin, 35 persons of Polish origin, 13 persons of British origin (other), 10 persons of Belgian origin, 9 persons of Austrian origin, 3 persons of Italian origin, 2 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 1 persons of Greek origin, 1 persons of Ukrainian origin. 36 persons recorded under the 1921 official census category "Hebrew" (origin/ethnicity); now described as Jewish origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)
Religion (1921). This community's record includes 708 Presbyterians, 363 Roman Catholics, 304 Lutherans, 275 Anglicans (Church of England), 226 Methodists, 181 Baptists, 130 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 36 Jews, 23 Congregationalists, 15 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 12 Brethren, 9 members of the Evangelical Association, 7 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 7 Mennonites, 6 Adventists, 6 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 2 adherents of Eastern religions. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
AB194019— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_AB194019— 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). "308. Ghost Pine, Alberta (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ab/308-ghost-pine-ab194019-1921/.