Bow Island vl (T10 R11 MW4), Alberta (1911 census)

Name: Bow Island vl (T10 R11 MW4) (1911)
Address: Alberta, CA

Bow Island vl (T10 R11 MW4) was a village in Alberta, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 307. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q573968. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.865°N, 111.379°W.

Population

In 1911, Bow Island vl (T10 R11 MW4) had a population of 307: 202 male and 105 female residents. Population density was 4912.0 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

In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Grassy Lake, 1901 (0.1% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911

In the 1911 census, Bow Island vl (T10 R11 MW4) shared boundaries with:

606 townships

Full census record, 1911

The 1911 census recorded 14 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 2 categories.

Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 4,912 population per square mile, 307 total population, 202 males in the population, 140 single (never-married) males, 105 females in the population, 61 married males, 58 single (never-married) females, 51 families, 46 married females, 40 area in acres, 1 males with marital status not given, 1 widowed females, 0.06 area in square miles. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T2.)

Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 49 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: AB004011 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_AB004011 — 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 1911 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). "Bow Island vl (T10 R11 MW4), Alberta (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ab/bow-island-vl-t10-r11-mw4-ab004011-1911/.