Big Valley, T-V, Alberta (1921 census)

Name: Big Valley, T-V (1921)
Address: Alberta, CA

Big Valley, T-V was a town in Alberta, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 1,057. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q2488979. The administrative centroid was at approximately 52.035°N, 112.754°W.

Population

In 1921, Big Valley, T-V had a population of 1,057: 619 male and 438 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 411 townships, 1911 (0.0% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, Big Valley, T-V shared boundaries with:

337. Vimy

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 42 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 1,057 total population, 619 males in the population, 438 females in the population, 319 males born in Canada, 264 females born in Canada, 231 males born outside the British Empire, 125 females born outside the British Empire, 69 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 49 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 254 persons of British origin (English), 199 persons of British origin (Irish), 195 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 74 persons of French origin, 73 persons of German origin, 66 persons of Austrian origin, 39 persons of Scandinavian origin, 20 persons of Belgian origin, 20 persons of Ukrainian origin, 18 persons of other European origin, 17 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 13 persons of British origin (other), 11 persons of Dutch origin, 10 persons of Polish origin, 7 persons of Italian origin, 6 persons of Russian origin, 6 persons of Syrian origin, 5 persons of Greek origin, 1 persons of Finnish origin. 15 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 293 Presbyterians, 200 Roman Catholics, 197 Methodists, 124 Anglicans (Church of England), 106 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 51 Lutherans, 39 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 28 Baptists, 15 Jews, 8 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 2 Mennonites, 1 Adventists, 1 Congregationalists. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: AB196024 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_AB196024 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
Wikidata: Q2488979
Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Valley,_Alberta
Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Valley_(Alberta)

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). "Big Valley, T-V, Alberta (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ab/big-valley-t-v-ab196024-1921/.