459. Bigstone, Alberta (1921 census)
459. Bigstone was a census subdivision in Alberta, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 2,101. The administrative centroid was at approximately 52.980°N, 113.759°W.
Population
In 1921, 459. Bigstone had a population of 2,101: 1,138 male and 963 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 (3.7% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921
In the 1921 census, 459. Bigstone shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1921
The 1921 census recorded 40 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.
Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 2,101 total population, 1,138 males in the population, 963 females in the population, 585 males born in Canada, 574 females born in Canada, 492 males born outside the British Empire, 345 females born outside the British Empire, 61 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 44 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)
Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 505 persons of British origin (English), 412 persons of German origin, 351 persons of Scandinavian origin, 262 persons of Russian origin, 195 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 102 persons of Finnish origin, 90 persons of British origin (Irish), 50 persons of Polish origin, 35 persons of French origin, 34 persons of Dutch origin, 26 persons of British origin (other), 20 persons of other European origin, 11 persons of Austrian origin, 6 persons of Belgian origin, 1 persons of Italian origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)
Religion (1921). This community's record includes 1,015 Lutherans, 322 Methodists, 266 Baptists, 165 Presbyterians, 115 Roman Catholics, 108 Anglicans (Church of England), 43 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 27 Mormons (Latter-day Saints), 10 Adventists, 8 Congregationalists, 7 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 7 Salvation Army adherents, 5 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 2 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 1 Mennonites, 1 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
AB196019— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_AB196019— 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). "459. Bigstone, Alberta (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ab/459-bigstone-ab196019-1921/.