Rocky Mountain House, VL, Alberta (1921 census)
Rocky Mountain House, VL was a village in Alberta, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 375. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q1743575. The administrative centroid was at approximately 52.381°N, 114.915°W.
Population
In 1921, Rocky Mountain House, VL had a population of 375: 209 male and 166 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 411 townships, 1911 (0.0% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921
In the 1921 census, Rocky Mountain House, VL shared boundaries with:
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 375 total population, 209 males in the population, 166 females in the population, 91 males born in Canada, 73 females born in Canada, 71 males born outside the British Empire, 57 females born outside the British Empire, 47 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 36 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)
Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 206 persons of British origin (English), 66 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 23 persons of British origin (Irish), 18 persons of German origin, 13 persons of Finnish origin, 11 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 11 persons of Scandinavian origin, 9 persons of Dutch origin, 2 persons of other European origin, 1 persons of British origin (other), 1 persons of French origin. 4 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. 1 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 107 Presbyterians, 95 Anglicans (Church of England), 49 Methodists, 30 Baptists, 24 Roman Catholics, 20 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 20 Lutherans, 13 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 9 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 9 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 5 Congregationalists, 1 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
AB197025— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_AB197025— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q1743575
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_Mountain_House
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_Mountain_House
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). "Rocky Mountain House, VL, Alberta (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ab/rocky-mountain-house-vl-ab197025-1921/.