Birtle, Manitoba (1921 census)

Birtle was a census subdivision in Manitoba, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 1,980. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q1658106. The administrative centroid was at approximately 50.461°N, 100.991°W.

Population

In 1921, Birtle had a population of 1,980: 1,150 male and 830 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 (7.1% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, Birtle shared boundaries with:

• Birtle, T-V
• Ellice
• Foxwarren, VL
• Miniota
• Rossburn
• Shoal Lake
• Silver Creek

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 33 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 1,980 total population, 1,150 males in the population, 830 females in the population, 723 males born in Canada, 559 females born in Canada, 362 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 223 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 65 males born outside the British Empire, 48 females born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 902 persons of British origin (English), 491 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 339 persons of British origin (Irish), 76 persons of Ukrainian origin, 38 persons of British origin (other), 26 persons of German origin, 25 persons of Austrian origin, 25 persons of French origin, 21 persons of Russian origin, 14 persons of Dutch origin, 10 persons of Polish origin, 9 persons of Scandinavian origin, 2 persons of Belgian origin. 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 713 Anglicans (Church of England), 631 Presbyterians, 325 Methodists, 86 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 83 Roman Catholics, 77 Baptists, 42 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 18 Lutherans, 5 Congregationalists, 1 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: MB165002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_MB165002 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q1658106
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural_Municipality_of_Birtle
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birtle_(municipalit%C3%A9_rurale)

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). "Birtle, Manitoba (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/mb/birtle-mb165002-1921/.