740. Bear Lake, Alberta (1921 census)
740. Bear Lake was a census subdivision in Alberta, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 1,532. The administrative centroid was at approximately 55.216°N, 119.011°W.
Population
In 1921, 740. Bear Lake had a population of 1,532: 920 male and 612 female residents. Population density was 3.4 people per square mile.
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921
In the 1921 census, 740. Bear Lake shared boundaries with:
- 739. Grande Prairie
- 741. L.I.D.- D.A.L.
- 770. L.I.D.- D.A.L.
- 771. L.I.D.- D.A.L.
- 800. L.I.D.- D.A.L.
- Clairmont, VL
- Grande Prairie, T-V
- Unorganized parts between townships 56 and 69 - W. to the provincial boundary
Full census record, 1921
The 1921 census recorded 39 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 2 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| POP F | 612 |
| POP M | 920 |
| POP TOT | 1,532 |
Other recorded variables (36 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| ADVENTISTS | 4 |
| ANGLICANS | 279 |
| ASIA CHINESE AND JAPANESE | 4 |
| BAPTISTS | 59 |
| BRIT BORN F | 78 |
| BRIT BORN M | 124 |
| BRIT ENG | 464 |
| BRIT IRISH | 192 |
| BRIT OTHER | 26 |
| BRIT SCOTCH | 275 |
| CAN BORN F | 327 |
| CAN BORN M | 458 |
| CONGREGATIONALISTS | 2 |
| EASTERN RELIGIONS | 4 |
| EUR AUSTRIAN | 11 |
| EUR BELGIAN | 2 |
| EUR DUTCH | 113 |
| EUR FRENCH | 37 |
| EUR GERMAN | 79 |
| EUR ITALIAN | 1 |
| EUR OTHER | 5 |
| EUR POLISH | 14 |
| EUR RUSSIAN | 22 |
| EUR SCANDINAVIAN | 183 |
| EUR UKRAINIAN | 14 |
| FOREIGN BORN F | 207 |
| FOREIGN BORN M | 338 |
| GREEK CHURCH | 20 |
| INDIAN | 73 |
| LUTHERANS | 165 |
| MENNONITES | 79 |
| METHODISTS | 253 |
| OTHER SECTS | 19 |
| PRESBYTERIANS | 414 |
| ROMAN CATHOLICS | 233 |
| UNSPECIFIED | 17 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
AB204002— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_AB204002— 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). "740. Bear Lake, Alberta (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ab/740-bear-lake-ab204002-1921/.