39. Kerr, Alberta (1921 census)

Name: 39. Kerr (1921)
Address: Alberta, CA

39. Kerr was a census subdivision in Alberta, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 1,270. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.362°N, 113.816°W.

Population

In 1921, 39. Kerr had a population of 1,270: 718 male and 552 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 198 townships, 1911 (5.5% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, 39. Kerr shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 36 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 1,270 total population, 718 males in the population, 552 females in the population, 441 males born in Canada, 356 females born in Canada, 197 males born outside the British Empire, 147 females born outside the British Empire, 80 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 49 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 319 persons of British origin (English), 245 persons of German origin, 222 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 142 persons of French origin, 139 persons of British origin (Irish), 82 persons of Scandinavian origin, 25 persons of Dutch origin, 16 persons of Ukrainian origin, 14 persons of Austrian origin, 13 persons of British origin (other), 12 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 11 persons of other European origin, 7 persons of Italian origin, 4 persons of Russian origin. 14 persons recorded under the official census category "Indian"; corresponds to what is now described as Indigenous (First Nations; in northern enumerations also Inuit) origin. "Indian" was simultaneously a census category and the legal/administrative term under the Indian Act (1876). 2 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. 1 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 365 Roman Catholics, 283 Presbyterians, 191 Anglicans (Church of England), 162 Lutherans, 156 Methodists, 65 Mormons (Latter-day Saints), 44 Baptists, 3 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 2 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 1 adherents of Eastern religions. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: AB190007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_AB190007 — 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). "39. Kerr, Alberta (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ab/39-kerr-ab190007-1921/.