Spirit River, VL, Alberta (1921 census)

Spirit River, VL was a village in Alberta, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 210. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q1744192. The administrative centroid was at approximately 55.751°N, 118.779°W.

Population

In 1921, Spirit River, VL had a population of 210: 125 male and 85 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 Athabaska District, 1911 (12.5% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, Spirit River, VL shared boundaries with:

• 829. Spirit River

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 29 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 210 total population, 125 males in the population, 85 females in the population, 69 males born in Canada, 51 females born in Canada, 44 males born outside the British Empire, 27 females born outside the British Empire, 12 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 7 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 61 persons of British origin (English), 53 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 23 persons of British origin (Irish), 15 persons of French origin, 12 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 12 persons of German origin, 9 persons of Scandinavian origin, 8 persons of Dutch origin, 3 persons of Russian origin, 1 persons of Austrian origin, 1 persons of Finnish origin, 1 persons of other European origin. 11 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 98 Presbyterians, 37 Anglicans (Church of England), 33 Roman Catholics, 21 Methodists, 13 Lutherans, 7 Baptists, 1 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: AB204026 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_AB204026 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q1744192
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirit_River,_Alberta
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirit_River_(Alberta)

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). "Spirit River, VL, Alberta (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ab/spirit-river-vl-ab204026-1921/.