392. Vale, Alberta (1921 census)

392. Vale was a census subdivision in Alberta, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 1,096. The administrative centroid was at approximately 52.624°N, 110.654°W.

Population

In 1921, 392. Vale had a population of 1,096: 618 male and 478 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 270 townships, 1911 (3.5% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, 392. Vale shared boundaries with:

• 362. Hillcrest
• 391. Sifton
• 393. Huamha
• 421. Ribstone
• 422. Gilt Edge

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 32 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 1,096 total population, 618 males in the population, 478 females in the population, 306 males born in Canada, 269 females born in Canada, 218 males born outside the British Empire, 150 females born outside the British Empire, 94 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 59 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 270 persons of British origin (Irish), 261 persons of British origin (English), 239 persons of Scandinavian origin, 156 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 72 persons of German origin, 34 persons of French origin, 25 persons of British origin (other), 14 persons of Russian origin, 10 persons of Dutch origin, 7 persons of Ukrainian origin, 5 persons of Polish origin, 3 persons of Finnish origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 253 Presbyterians, 218 Anglicans (Church of England), 209 Methodists, 193 Lutherans, 87 Baptists, 86 Roman Catholics, 33 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 7 members of the Evangelical Association, 6 Mormons (Latter-day Saints), 3 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 1 Adventists. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: AB195012 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_AB195012 — 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). "392. Vale, Alberta (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ab/392-vale-ab195012-1921/.