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Year: 1921  |  Province: Alberta  |  Wikidata: Q1743985

Peace River, T-V, Alberta (1921 census)

Peace River, T-V was a town in Alberta, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 980. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q1743985. The administrative centroid was at approximately 56.241°N, 117.277°W.

Population

In 1921, Peace River, T-V had a population of 980: 574 male and 406 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, Peace River, T-V shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 42 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 980 total population, 574 males in the population, 406 females in the population, 319 males born in Canada, 244 females born in Canada, 137 males born outside the British Empire, 118 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 93 females born outside the British Empire, 69 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 372 persons of British origin (English), 209 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 202 persons of British origin (Irish), 47 persons of Scandinavian origin, 36 persons of German origin, 34 persons of French origin, 20 persons of other European origin, 8 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 5 persons of British origin (other), 5 persons of Polish origin, 5 persons of Russian origin, 4 persons of Dutch origin, 2 persons of Austrian origin, 1 persons of Ukrainian origin. 19 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). 6 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. 4 persons recorded under the 1921 official census category "Hebrew" (origin/ethnicity); now described as Jewish origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 306 Anglicans (Church of England), 272 Presbyterians, 157 Roman Catholics, 105 Methodists, 68 Baptists, 27 Lutherans, 8 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 8 Salvation Army adherents, 6 adherents of Eastern religions, 5 Adventists, 5 Congregationalists, 4 Jews, 3 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 1 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 1 Mennonites, 1 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified. (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). "Peace River, T-V, Alberta (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ab/peace-river-t-v-ab203029-1921/.