340. Arthur, Alberta (1921 census)

340. Arthur was a census subdivision in Alberta, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 1,929. The administrative centroid was at approximately 51.989°N, 113.762°W.

Population

In 1921, 340. Arthur had a population of 1,929: 1,111 male and 818 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, 340. Arthur shared boundaries with:

• 308. Ghost Pine
• 309. Stauffer
• 310. Mountain View
• 338. Hays
• 339. Pine Lake
• 341. Poplar Grove
• Innisfail, T-V
• Penhold, VL

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 34 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 1,929 total population, 1,111 males in the population, 818 females in the population, 646 males born in Canada, 521 females born in Canada, 275 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 190 males born outside the British Empire, 159 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 138 females born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 872 persons of British origin (English), 445 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 332 persons of British origin (Irish), 66 persons of German origin, 52 persons of Scandinavian origin, 47 persons of Dutch origin, 24 persons of French origin, 17 persons of other European origin, 9 persons of British origin (other), 7 persons of Austrian origin, 2 persons of Italian origin. 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 667 Presbyterians, 481 Methodists, 465 Anglicans (Church of England), 103 Baptists, 73 Roman Catholics, 55 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 54 Lutherans, 45 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 19 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 13 Adventists, 6 Mormons (Latter-day Saints), 2 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 1 Congregationalists. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: AB196005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_AB196005 — 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). "340. Arthur, Alberta (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ab/340-arthur-ab196005-1921/.