399. Crown, Alberta (1921 census)

Name: 399. Crown (1921)
Address: Alberta, CA

399. Crown was a census subdivision in Alberta, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 3,460. The administrative centroid was at approximately 52.435°N, 113.712°W.

Population

In 1921, 399. Crown had a population of 3,460: 1,903 male and 1,557 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 (3.0% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, 399. Crown shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 42 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 3,460 total population, 1,903 males in the population, 1,557 females in the population, 977 males born in Canada, 878 females born in Canada, 609 males born outside the British Empire, 463 females born outside the British Empire, 317 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 216 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 1,292 persons of British origin (English), 768 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 499 persons of British origin (Irish), 313 persons of German origin, 234 persons of Scandinavian origin, 71 persons of Dutch origin, 68 persons of French origin, 60 persons of British origin (other), 58 persons of Russian origin, 26 persons of other European origin, 17 persons of Austrian origin, 8 persons of Belgian origin, 8 persons of Italian origin, 3 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 1 persons of Finnish origin, 1 persons of Polish origin, 1 persons of Ukrainian origin. 28 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. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 982 Methodists, 962 Presbyterians, 531 Anglicans (Church of England), 262 Roman Catholics, 238 Adventists, 180 Lutherans, 124 Baptists, 111 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 23 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 22 Congregationalists, 11 Salvation Army adherents, 7 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 7 Mormons (Latter-day Saints), 2 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: AB196011 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_AB196011 — 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). "399. Crown, Alberta (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ab/399-crown-ab196011-1921/.