544. Champlain, Alberta (1921 census)

544. Champlain was a census subdivision in Alberta, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 1,298. The administrative centroid was at approximately 53.905°N, 111.505°W.

Population

In 1921, 544. Champlain had a population of 1,298: 706 male and 592 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 (2.1% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, 544. Champlain shared boundaries with:

• 514. Sobor
• 543. Laurier
• 545. Eagle
• 573. St. Vincent
• 605. Ashmont
• Indian reserves

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 28 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 1,298 total population, 706 males in the population, 592 females in the population, 565 males born in Canada, 491 females born in Canada, 125 males born outside the British Empire, 89 females born outside the British Empire, 16 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 12 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 797 persons of French origin, 226 persons of Austrian origin, 112 persons of British origin (English), 34 persons of British origin (Irish), 32 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 19 persons of German origin, 16 persons of Scandinavian origin, 4 persons of Belgian origin, 1 persons of Dutch origin. 56 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 937 Roman Catholics, 166 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 65 Methodists, 61 Anglicans (Church of England), 33 Baptists, 20 Lutherans, 11 Presbyterians, 5 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 1 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: AB201004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_AB201004 — 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). "544. Champlain, Alberta (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ab/544-champlain-ab201004-1921/.