551. Morthen, Alberta (1921 census)

Name: 551. Morthen (1921)
Address: Alberta, CA

551. Morthen was a census subdivision in Alberta, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 1,693. The administrative centroid was at approximately 53.728°N, 114.699°W.

Population

In 1921, 551. Morthen had a population of 1,693: 997 male and 696 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 (5.5% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, 551. Morthen shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 39 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 1,693 total population, 997 males in the population, 696 females in the population, 421 males born in Canada, 369 males born outside the British Empire, 337 females born in Canada, 214 females born outside the British Empire, 207 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 145 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 463 persons of British origin (English), 258 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 209 persons of Scandinavian origin, 201 persons of British origin (Irish), 108 persons of German origin, 94 persons of other European origin, 63 persons of French origin, 34 persons of Ukrainian origin, 30 persons of Dutch origin, 24 persons of Polish origin, 17 persons of Austrian origin, 16 persons of British origin (other), 13 persons of Finnish origin, 8 persons of Russian origin, 7 persons of Belgian origin, 1 persons of Italian origin. 127 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). 20 persons recorded under the 1911/1921 official census category "Negro"; refers to people of African descent. Term is now considered offensive and is preserved here only as the historical source label. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 385 Anglicans (Church of England), 322 Roman Catholics, 290 Presbyterians, 272 Lutherans, 184 Methodists, 97 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 74 Baptists, 49 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 10 Congregationalists, 7 Brethren, 2 Salvation Army adherents, 1 Mormons (Latter-day Saints). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: AB199014 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_AB199014 — 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). "551. Morthen, Alberta (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ab/551-morthen-ab199014-1921/.