514. Sobor, Alberta (1921 census)

514. Sobor was a census subdivision in Alberta, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 2,592. The administrative centroid was at approximately 53.669°N, 111.553°W.

Population

In 1921, 514. Sobor had a population of 2,592: 1,391 male and 1,201 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 (3.4% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, 514. Sobor shared boundaries with:

• 484. Birch Lake
• 513. Ukrainia
• 515. Norma
• 543. Laurier
• 544. Champlain
• 545. Eagle

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 33 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 2,592 total population, 1,391 males in the population, 1,201 females in the population, 750 males born in Canada, 702 females born in Canada, 631 males born outside the British Empire, 492 females born outside the British Empire, 10 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 7 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 1,479 persons of Austrian origin, 780 persons of Ukrainian origin, 148 persons of French origin, 68 persons of Scandinavian origin, 40 persons of British origin (English), 22 persons of Russian origin, 16 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 12 persons of German origin, 11 persons of British origin (Irish), 9 persons of Polish origin, 2 persons of Italian origin, 2 persons of other European origin, 1 persons of Dutch origin. 2 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). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 2,141 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 213 Roman Catholics, 74 Adventists, 67 Lutherans, 28 members of the Evangelical Association, 28 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 26 Presbyterians, 8 Anglicans (Church of England), 5 Methodists, 2 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: AB198014 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_AB198014 — 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). "514. Sobor, Alberta (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ab/514-sobor-ab198014-1921/.