69. Bright, Alberta (1921 census)
69. Bright was a census subdivision in Alberta, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 1,286. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.648°N, 113.345°W.
Population
In 1921, 69. Bright had a population of 1,286: 723 male and 563 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 198 townships, 1911 (4.4% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921
In the 1921 census, 69. Bright 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 1,286 total population, 723 males in the population, 563 females in the population, 391 males born in Canada, 316 females born in Canada, 198 males born outside the British Empire, 150 females born outside the British Empire, 134 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 97 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)
Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 438 persons of British origin (English), 273 persons of British origin (Irish), 186 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 107 persons of Russian origin, 83 persons of French origin, 76 persons of Dutch origin, 59 persons of Scandinavian origin, 16 persons of Italian origin, 12 persons of German origin, 9 persons of British origin (other), 8 persons of Belgian origin, 5 persons of Austrian origin, 4 persons of other European origin, 1 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 1 persons of Finnish origin, 1 persons of Polish origin. 5 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). 1 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 292 Methodists, 228 Anglicans (Church of England), 210 Presbyterians, 210 Roman Catholics, 118 Mormons (Latter-day Saints), 113 Mennonites, 71 Lutherans, 22 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 9 Baptists, 9 Salvation Army adherents, 2 Congregationalists, 1 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 1 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 people connected to this place who were alive in 1921, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Henrietta Louise Muir | 1849–1931 | died here |
| Archibald James McLean | 1860–1933 | died here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
AB190011— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_AB190011— 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). "69. Bright, Alberta (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ab/69-bright-ab190011-1921/.