Lac la Biche, VL, Alberta (1921 census)
Lac la Biche, VL was a village in Alberta, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 75. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q984088. The administrative centroid was at approximately 54.815°N, 112.095°W.
Population
In 1921, Lac la Biche, VL had a population of 75: 35 male and 40 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 263 townships, 1911 (0.0% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921
In the 1921 census, Lac la Biche, VL shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1921
The 1921 census recorded 10 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.
Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 75 total population, 40 females in the population, 35 females born in Canada, 35 males in the population, 29 males born in Canada, 6 males born outside the British Empire, 5 females born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)
Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 23 persons of French origin. 52 persons recorded under the official census category "Indian"; corresponds to what is now described as Indigenous (First Nations; in northern enumerations also Inuit) origin. "Indian" was simultaneously a census category and the legal/administrative term under the Indian Act (1876). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)
Religion (1921). This community's record includes 75 Roman Catholics. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
AB202031— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_AB202031— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q984088
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lac_La_Biche,_Alberta
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lac_La_Biche_(hameau)
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). "Lac la Biche, VL, Alberta (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ab/lac-la-biche-vl-ab202031-1921/.