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Year: 1921  |  Province: Alberta  |  Wikidata: Q642900

739. Grande Prairie, Alberta (1921 census)

739. Grande Prairie was a census subdivision in Alberta, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 1,307. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q642900. The administrative centroid was at approximately 55.276°N, 118.532°W.

Population

In 1921, 739. Grande Prairie had a population of 1,307: 797 male and 510 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

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, 739. Grande Prairie shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 41 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 1,307 total population, 797 males in the population, 510 females in the population, 408 males born in Canada, 295 females born in Canada, 265 males born outside the British Empire, 160 females born outside the British Empire, 124 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 340 persons of British origin (English), 262 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 183 persons of British origin (Irish), 119 persons of Scandinavian origin, 107 persons of French origin, 106 persons of German origin, 32 persons of British origin (other), 30 persons of Austrian origin, 24 persons of Russian origin, 19 persons of Dutch origin, 15 persons of Belgian origin, 14 persons of other European origin, 3 persons of Polish origin, 2 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 1 persons of Italian origin. 49 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 323 Presbyterians, 241 Roman Catholics, 217 Methodists, 155 Anglicans (Church of England), 145 Lutherans, 125 Baptists, 52 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 29 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 10 Mormons (Latter-day Saints), 4 Congregationalists, 2 adherents of Eastern religions, 1 Adventists, 1 Mennonites, 1 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 1 Salvation Army adherents. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)

Identifiers

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). "739. Grande Prairie, Alberta (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ab/739-grande-prairie-ab204001-1921/.