64. Forty Mile, Alberta (1921 census)
64. Forty Mile was a census subdivision in Alberta, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 1,585. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q5472982. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.656°N, 111.427°W.
Population
In 1921, 64. Forty Mile had a population of 1,585: 870 male and 715 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 606 townships, 1911 (1.5% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921
In the 1921 census, 64. Forty Mile shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1921
The 1921 census recorded 40 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.
Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 1,585 total population, 870 males in the population, 715 females in the population, 427 males born outside the British Empire, 373 males born in Canada, 330 females born in Canada, 330 females born outside the British Empire, 70 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 55 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)
Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 339 persons of Russian origin, 310 persons of Scandinavian origin, 282 persons of British origin (English), 196 persons of British origin (Irish), 159 persons of Dutch origin, 125 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 78 persons of German origin, 35 persons of French origin, 21 persons of other European origin, 10 persons of British origin (other), 8 persons of Polish origin, 6 persons of Belgian origin, 6 persons of Italian origin, 4 persons of Austrian origin, 1 persons of Ukrainian origin. 4 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 441 Roman Catholics, 323 Lutherans, 259 Methodists, 196 Presbyterians, 169 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 99 Anglicans (Church of England), 47 Adventists, 28 Baptists, 6 Mormons (Latter-day Saints), 5 Congregationalists, 4 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 4 Jews, 2 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 1 Mennonites, 1 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
AB189016— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_AB189016— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q5472982
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_of_Forty_Mile_No._8
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comt%C3%A9_de_Forty_Mile_No_8
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). "64. Forty Mile, Alberta (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ab/64-forty-mile-ab189016-1921/.