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Year: 1921  |  Province: Alberta

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 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. Population density was 4.7 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

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

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

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 37 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 2 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (3 variables)
VariableValue
POP F415
POP M575
POP TOT990
Other recorded variables (34 variables)
VariableValue
ADVENTISTS2
ANGLICANS73
ASIA CHINESE AND JAPANESE1
BAPTISTS53
BRIT BORN F42
BRIT BORN M69
BRIT ENG377
BRIT IRISH82
BRIT OTHER9
BRIT SCOTCH143
CAN BORN F203
CAN BORN M243
CONGREGATIONALISTS3
EASTERN RELIGIONS1
EUR AUSTRIAN1
EUR BELGIAN27
EUR DUTCH1
EUR FRENCH26
EUR GERMAN58
EUR ITALIAN1
EUR OTHER10
EUR POLISH2
EUR RUSSIAN73
EUR SCANDINAVIAN177
FOREIGN BORN F170
FOREIGN BORN M263
LUTHERANS155
METHODISTS201
MORMONS57
OTHER SECTS1
PRESBYTERIANS237
ROMAN CATHOLICS204
SALVATION ARMY1
UNSPECIFIED2

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