Binscarth, VL, Manitoba (1921 census)

Name: Binscarth, VL (1921)
Address: Manitoba, CA

Binscarth, VL was a village in Manitoba, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 339. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q1709074. The administrative centroid was at approximately 50.628°N, 101.283°W.

Population

In 1921, Binscarth, VL had a population of 339: 173 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 128 townships, 1911 (0.0% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, Binscarth, VL shared boundaries with:

Russell

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 31 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 339 total population, 173 males in the population, 166 females in the population, 112 males born in Canada, 111 females born in Canada, 48 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 47 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 13 males born outside the British Empire, 8 females born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 130 persons of British origin (English), 106 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 38 persons of British origin (Irish), 22 persons of French origin, 13 persons of Austrian origin, 9 persons of Ukrainian origin, 8 persons of British origin (other), 4 persons of Polish origin, 3 persons of German origin, 3 persons of Scandinavian origin, 2 persons of other European origin, 1 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 140 Presbyterians, 104 Anglicans (Church of England), 42 Roman Catholics, 34 Methodists, 8 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 5 Baptists, 3 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 1 Adventists, 1 Congregationalists, 1 Lutherans. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: MB168014 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_MB168014 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
Wikidata: Q1709074
Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binscarth
Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binscarth

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). "Binscarth, VL, Manitoba (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/mb/binscarth-vl-mb168014-1921/.