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Year: 1921  |  Province: Alberta  |  Wikidata: Q1012991

Drumheller, T-V, Alberta (1921 census)

Drumheller, T-V was a town in Alberta, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 2,499. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q1012991. The administrative centroid was at approximately 51.422°N, 112.617°W.

Population

In 1921, Drumheller, T-V had a population of 2,499: 1,417 male and 1,082 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

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

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

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 47 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 2,499 total population, 1,417 males in the population, 1,082 females in the population, 680 males born in Canada, 609 females born in Canada, 436 males born outside the British Empire, 301 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 237 females born outside the British Empire, 236 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 752 persons of British origin (English), 559 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 384 persons of British origin (Irish), 101 persons of French origin, 87 persons of Italian origin, 85 persons of Scandinavian origin, 84 persons of Austrian origin, 71 persons of German origin, 69 persons of other European origin, 58 persons of Dutch origin, 56 persons of British origin (other), 33 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 26 persons of Polish origin, 15 persons of Belgian origin, 12 persons of Ukrainian origin, 9 persons of Finnish origin, 9 persons of Greek origin, 9 persons of Russian origin, 2 persons of Syrian origin. 25 persons recorded under the 1921 official census category "Hebrew" (origin/ethnicity); now described as Jewish origin. 20 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. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 818 Presbyterians, 496 Roman Catholics, 446 Anglicans (Church of England), 310 Methodists, 100 Baptists, 84 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 61 Lutherans, 58 Salvation Army adherents, 53 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 33 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 21 adherents of Eastern religions, 21 Jews, 12 Congregationalists, 6 Mennonites, 6 Mormons (Latter-day Saints), 4 Adventists, 2 members of the Evangelical Association. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

Identifiers

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). "Drumheller, T-V, Alberta (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ab/drumheller-t-v-ab193024-1921/.