549. Ray, Alberta (1921 census)

Name: 549. Ray (1921)
Address: Alberta, CA

549. Ray was a census subdivision in Alberta, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 2,826. The administrative centroid was at approximately 53.756°N, 113.749°W.

Population

In 1921, 549. Ray had a population of 2,826: 1,586 male and 1,240 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 (3.7% share).
In an earlier year, this CSD contained Cardiff vl (T55 R25 MW4), 1911 (0.4% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, 549. Ray shared boundaries with:

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 2,826 total population, 1,586 males in the population, 1,240 females in the population, 1,180 males born in Canada, 967 females born in Canada, 330 males born outside the British Empire, 227 females born outside the British Empire, 76 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 46 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 1,161 persons of French origin, 365 persons of German origin, 305 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 254 persons of British origin (Irish), 249 persons of British origin (English), 215 persons of Belgian origin, 73 persons of Russian origin, 54 persons of Scandinavian origin, 15 persons of Italian origin, 12 persons of Dutch origin, 11 persons of Austrian origin, 7 persons of other European origin, 1 persons of Polish origin. 99 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). 5 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 2,292 Roman Catholics, 219 Presbyterians, 175 Methodists, 56 Lutherans, 34 Anglicans (Church of England), 32 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 10 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 5 Jews, 3 Protestants (general / no denomination specified). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: AB199012 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_AB199012 — 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). "549. Ray, Alberta (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ab/549-ray-ab199012-1921/.