519. Spruce Grove, Alberta (1921 census)
519. Spruce Grove was a census subdivision in Alberta, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 2,721. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q1013456. The administrative centroid was at approximately 53.491°N, 113.813°W.
Population
In 1921, 519. Spruce Grove had a population of 2,721: 1,489 male and 1,232 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 226 townships, 1911 (3.5% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921
In the 1921 census, 519. Spruce Grove 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 2,721 total population, 1,489 males in the population, 1,232 females in the population, 921 males born in Canada, 817 females born in Canada, 396 males born outside the British Empire, 308 females born outside the British Empire, 172 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 107 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)
Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 498 persons of German origin, 490 persons of British origin (English), 356 persons of Austrian origin, 314 persons of Ukrainian origin, 248 persons of British origin (Irish), 215 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 190 persons of French origin, 158 persons of Russian origin, 70 persons of Polish origin, 49 persons of Scandinavian origin, 32 persons of Belgian origin, 24 persons of Dutch origin, 22 persons of British origin (other), 7 persons of other European origin, 2 persons of Greek origin, 1 persons of Finnish origin, 1 persons of Italian origin. 32 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). 12 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 1,123 Lutherans, 450 Roman Catholics, 297 Anglicans (Church of England), 296 Presbyterians, 185 Methodists, 110 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 91 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 73 Baptists, 49 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 21 Adventists, 12 Jews, 9 Mennonites, 3 Brethren, 2 Congregationalists. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
AB199008— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_AB199008— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q1013456
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spruce_Grove
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spruce_Grove
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). "519. Spruce Grove, Alberta (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ab/519-spruce-grove-ab199008-1921/.