94. Bow Island, Alberta (1921 census)

94. Bow Island was a census subdivision in Alberta, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 990. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q573968. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.881°N, 111.396°W.

Population

In 1921, 94. Bow Island had a population of 990: 575 male and 415 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 (1.0% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, 94. Bow Island shared boundaries with:

• 123. Sunny South
• 124. L.I.D.- D.A.L.
• 64. Forty Mile
• 65. Eureka
• 93. L.I.D.-D.A.L.
• Bow Island, T-V
• Burdett, VL

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 37 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 990 total population, 575 males in the population, 415 females in the population, 263 males born outside the British Empire, 243 males born in Canada, 203 females born in Canada, 170 females born outside the British Empire, 69 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 42 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 377 persons of British origin (English), 177 persons of Scandinavian origin, 143 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 82 persons of British origin (Irish), 73 persons of Russian origin, 58 persons of German origin, 27 persons of Belgian origin, 26 persons of French origin, 10 persons of other European origin, 9 persons of British origin (other), 2 persons of Polish origin, 1 persons of Austrian origin, 1 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 1 persons of Dutch origin, 1 persons of Italian origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 237 Presbyterians, 204 Roman Catholics, 201 Methodists, 155 Lutherans, 73 Anglicans (Church of England), 57 Mormons (Latter-day Saints), 53 Baptists, 3 Congregationalists, 2 Adventists, 2 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 1 adherents of Eastern religions, 1 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 1 Salvation Army adherents. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: AB189022 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_AB189022 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q573968
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bow_Island
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bow_Island

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). "94. Bow Island, Alberta (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ab/94-bow-island-ab189022-1921/.