341. Poplar Grove, Alberta (1921 census)
341. Poplar Grove was a census subdivision in Alberta, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 2,121. The administrative centroid was at approximately 52.009°N, 114.228°W.
Population
In 1921, 341. Poplar Grove had a population of 2,121: 1,167 male and 954 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 (2.4% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921
In the 1921 census, 341. Poplar Grove shared boundaries with:
- 282. L.I.D.- D.A.L.
- 310. Mountain View
- 311. Westerdale
- 312. Waterloo
- 340. Arthur
- 342. Raven
- 371. Golden West
- Bowden, VL
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 2,121 total population, 1,167 males in the population, 954 females in the population, 596 males born in Canada, 539 females born in Canada, 335 males born outside the British Empire, 249 females born outside the British Empire, 236 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 166 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)
Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 736 persons of British origin (English), 469 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 388 persons of Scandinavian origin, 263 persons of British origin (Irish), 107 persons of German origin, 29 persons of French origin, 22 persons of Dutch origin, 6 persons of Austrian origin, 6 persons of Belgian origin, 6 persons of Russian origin, 5 persons of British origin (other), 4 persons of other European origin, 1 persons of Finnish origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)
Religion (1921). This community's record includes 611 Presbyterians, 512 Methodists, 391 Lutherans, 371 Anglicans (Church of England), 92 Baptists, 79 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 49 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 48 Roman Catholics, 21 Salvation Army adherents, 9 Congregationalists, 8 Mormons (Latter-day Saints), 6 members of the Evangelical Association, 3 Mennonites. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1921, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Stephan Gudmundur Stephansson | 1853–1927 | died here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
AB197002— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_AB197002— 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). "341. Poplar Grove, Alberta (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ab/341-poplar-grove-ab197002-1921/.