Champion, VL, Alberta (1921 census)

Name: Champion, VL (1921)
Address: Alberta, CA

Champion, VL was a village in Alberta, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 338. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q5069954. The administrative centroid was at approximately 50.240°N, 113.151°W.

Population

In 1921, Champion, VL had a population of 338: 175 male and 163 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 198 townships, 1911 (0.0% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, Champion, VL shared boundaries with:

128. Harmony

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 34 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 338 total population, 175 males in the population, 163 females in the population, 81 females born in Canada, 80 males born in Canada, 69 males born outside the British Empire, 53 females born outside the British Empire, 29 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 26 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 149 persons of British origin (English), 74 persons of British origin (Irish), 51 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 21 persons of German origin, 13 persons of Scandinavian origin, 9 persons of French origin, 5 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 5 persons of Dutch origin, 5 persons of other European origin, 3 persons of British origin (other), 1 persons of Austrian origin, 1 persons of Italian origin, 1 persons of Russian origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 97 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 63 Presbyterians, 60 Anglicans (Church of England), 34 Methodists, 26 Roman Catholics, 15 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 12 Mormons (Latter-day Saints), 11 Baptists, 9 adherents of Eastern religions, 6 Lutherans, 4 Congregationalists, 1 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: AB192026 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_AB192026 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
Wikidata: Q5069954
Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Champion,_Alberta
Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Champion_(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). "Champion, VL, Alberta (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ab/champion-vl-ab192026-1921/.