482. Vermilion Valley, Alberta (1921 census)

482. Vermilion Valley was a census subdivision in Alberta, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 1,289. The administrative centroid was at approximately 53.409°N, 110.668°W.

Population

In 1921, 482. Vermilion Valley had a population of 1,289: 710 male and 579 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 263 townships, 1911 (3.5% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, 482. Vermilion Valley shared boundaries with:

• 452. Grizzly Bear
• 481. Wellington
• 483. Melberta
• 511. Streamstown
• 512. Ethelwyn
• Islay, VL
• Vermilion, T-V

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 34 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 1,289 total population, 710 males in the population, 579 females in the population, 410 males born in Canada, 338 females born in Canada, 164 males born outside the British Empire, 136 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 134 females born outside the British Empire, 107 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 518 persons of British origin (English), 304 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 243 persons of British origin (Irish), 85 persons of German origin, 37 persons of Scandinavian origin, 28 persons of French origin, 23 persons of other European origin, 16 persons of British origin (other), 10 persons of Dutch origin, 7 persons of Russian origin, 5 persons of Austrian origin, 5 persons of Belgian origin. 8 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 350 Anglicans (Church of England), 325 Methodists, 309 Presbyterians, 138 Roman Catholics, 82 Lutherans, 31 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 31 Baptists, 8 Jews, 7 Congregationalists, 6 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 1 Adventists, 1 Salvation Army adherents. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: AB198006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_AB198006 — 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). "482. Vermilion Valley, Alberta (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ab/482-vermilion-valley-ab198006-1921/.