309. Stauffer, Alberta (1921 census)
309. Stauffer was a census subdivision in Alberta, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 2,011. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7604718. The administrative centroid was at approximately 51.751°N, 113.478°W.
Population
In 1921, 309. Stauffer had a population of 2,011: 1,109 male and 902 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 (2.2% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921
In the 1921 census, 309. Stauffer shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1921
The 1921 census recorded 35 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.
Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 2,011 total population, 1,109 males in the population, 902 females in the population, 565 males born in Canada, 524 females born in Canada, 413 males born outside the British Empire, 300 females born outside the British Empire, 131 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 556 persons of British origin (English), 392 persons of German origin, 266 persons of Russian origin, 257 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 234 persons of British origin (Irish), 73 persons of French origin, 73 persons of Scandinavian origin, 63 persons of Dutch origin, 35 persons of Polish origin, 29 persons of other European origin, 12 persons of British origin (other), 10 persons of Finnish origin, 8 persons of Austrian origin, 1 persons of Belgian origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)
Religion (1921). This community's record includes 587 Presbyterians, 330 Baptists, 211 Anglicans (Church of England), 185 Methodists, 147 Congregationalists, 139 Lutherans, 128 Roman Catholics, 124 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 118 Mennonites, 25 members of the Evangelical Association, 6 Adventists, 2 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
AB194020— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_AB194020— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q7604718
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stauffer,_Alberta
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). "309. Stauffer, Alberta (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ab/309-stauffer-ab194020-1921/.