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 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. Population density was 2.8 people per square mile.
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 NO DATA, 1911 (0.4% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921
In the 1921 census, 739. Grande Prairie shared boundaries with:
- 738. L.I.D.- D.A.L.
- 740. Bear Lake
- 769. L.I.D.- D.A.L.
- 770. L.I.D.- D.A.L.
- Unorganized parts between townships 56 and 69 - W. to the provincial boundary
Full census record, 1921
The 1921 census recorded 41 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 2 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| POP F | 510 |
| POP M | 797 |
| POP TOT | 1,307 |
Other recorded variables (38 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| ADVENTISTS | 1 |
| ANGLICANS | 155 |
| ASIA CHINESE AND JAPANESE | 2 |
| BAPTISTS | 125 |
| BRIT BORN F | 55 |
| BRIT BORN M | 124 |
| BRIT ENG | 340 |
| BRIT IRISH | 183 |
| BRIT OTHER | 32 |
| BRIT SCOTCH | 262 |
| CAN BORN F | 295 |
| CAN BORN M | 408 |
| CONGREGATIONALISTS | 4 |
| EASTERN RELIGIONS | 2 |
| EUR AUSTRIAN | 30 |
| EUR BELGIAN | 15 |
| EUR DUTCH | 19 |
| EUR FRENCH | 107 |
| EUR GERMAN | 106 |
| EUR ITALIAN | 1 |
| EUR OTHER | 14 |
| EUR POLISH | 3 |
| EUR RUSSIAN | 24 |
| EUR SCANDINAVIAN | 119 |
| FOREIGN BORN F | 160 |
| FOREIGN BORN M | 265 |
| GREEK CHURCH | 52 |
| INDIAN | 49 |
| LUTHERANS | 145 |
| MENNONITES | 1 |
| METHODISTS | 217 |
| MORMONS | 10 |
| NEGRO | 1 |
| OTHER SECTS | 29 |
| PRESBYTERIANS | 323 |
| PROTESTANTS | 1 |
| ROMAN CATHOLICS | 241 |
| SALVATION ARMY | 1 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
AB204001— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_AB204001— 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). "739. Grande Prairie, Alberta (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ab/739-grande-prairie-ab204001-1921/.