490. Pioneer, Alberta (1921 census)
490. Pioneer was a census subdivision in Alberta, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 904. The administrative centroid was at approximately 53.238°N, 114.231°W.
Population
In 1921, 490. Pioneer had a population of 904: 501 male and 403 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, 490. Pioneer shared boundaries with:
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 904 total population, 501 males in the population, 403 females in the population, 237 males born in Canada, 229 females born in Canada, 209 males born outside the British Empire, 143 females born outside the British Empire, 55 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 31 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)
Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 239 persons of British origin (English), 118 persons of Ukrainian origin, 113 persons of Austrian origin, 109 persons of Scandinavian origin, 94 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 77 persons of British origin (Irish), 47 persons of Polish origin, 40 persons of Russian origin, 22 persons of German origin, 18 persons of Finnish origin, 13 persons of Dutch origin, 6 persons of British origin (other), 4 persons of Belgian origin, 3 persons of French origin, 1 persons of other European origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)
Religion (1921). This community's record includes 171 Lutherans, 167 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 158 Presbyterians, 151 Roman Catholics, 81 Anglicans (Church of England), 79 Methodists, 38 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 29 Baptists, 28 Adventists, 2 Congregationalists. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
AB199004— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_AB199004— 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). "490. Pioneer, Alberta (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ab/490-pioneer-ab199004-1921/.