Banff (not inc), Alberta (1921 census)

Banff (not inc) was a census subdivision in Alberta, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 2,062. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q58337. The administrative centroid was at approximately 51.180°N, 115.577°W.

Population

In 1921, Banff (not inc) had a population of 2,062: 1,157 male and 905 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, Banff (not inc) shared boundaries with:

• Unorganized parts between townships 21 and 31 - W. to provincial boundary

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 2,062 total population, 1,157 males in the population, 905 females in the population, 494 males born in Canada, 460 females born in Canada, 344 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 319 males born outside the British Empire, 304 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 141 females born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 908 persons of British origin (English), 439 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 242 persons of British origin (Irish), 127 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 89 persons of Scandinavian origin, 61 persons of French origin, 37 persons of Italian origin, 30 persons of German origin, 21 persons of British origin (other), 21 persons of Dutch origin, 19 persons of Russian origin, 17 persons of Austrian origin, 15 persons of other European origin, 11 persons of Finnish origin, 10 persons of Greek origin, 6 persons of Belgian origin, 5 persons of Polish origin. 3 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. 1 persons recorded under the 1921 official census category "Hebrew" (origin/ethnicity); now described as Jewish origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 816 Anglicans (Church of England), 526 Presbyterians, 255 Methodists, 241 Roman Catholics, 77 adherents of Eastern religions, 58 Lutherans, 53 Baptists, 19 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 10 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 3 Congregationalists, 2 Adventists, 1 Mormons (Latter-day Saints), 1 Protestants (general / no denomination specified). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 people connected to this place who were alive in 1921, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: AB194025 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_AB194025 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q58337
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banff,_Alberta
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banff

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). "Banff (not inc), Alberta (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ab/banff-not-inc-ab194025-1921/.