Coalhurst, VL, Alberta (1921 census)
Coalhurst, VL was a village in Alberta, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 928. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q501627. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.747°N, 112.928°W.
Population
In 1921, Coalhurst, VL had a population of 928: 586 male and 342 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 606 townships, 1911 (0.0% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921
In the 1921 census, Coalhurst, VL shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1921
The 1921 census recorded 39 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.
Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 928 total population, 586 males in the population, 342 females in the population, 233 males born in Canada, 222 males born outside the British Empire, 171 females born in Canada, 131 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 89 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 82 females born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)
Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 249 persons of British origin (English), 159 persons of other European origin, 147 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 99 persons of Italian origin, 78 persons of Ukrainian origin, 63 persons of British origin (Irish), 35 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 28 persons of German origin, 14 persons of Austrian origin, 14 persons of Dutch origin, 9 persons of British origin (other), 8 persons of Belgian origin, 8 persons of Polish origin, 7 persons of Russian origin, 5 persons of Greek origin, 4 persons of Scandinavian origin, 1 persons of French origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)
Religion (1921). This community's record includes 238 Roman Catholics, 182 Presbyterians, 177 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 134 Anglicans (Church of England), 60 Methodists, 51 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 28 adherents of Eastern religions, 17 Lutherans, 17 Mormons (Latter-day Saints), 11 Baptists, 9 Congregationalists, 3 Salvation Army adherents, 1 members of the Evangelical Association. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
AB190030— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_AB190030— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q501627
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coalhurst
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coalhurst
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). "Coalhurst, VL, Alberta (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ab/coalhurst-vl-ab190030-1921/.