Brenda, Manitoba (1921 census)

Brenda was a census subdivision in Manitoba, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 2,088. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q1658351. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.177°N, 100.703°W.

Population

In 1921, Brenda had a population of 2,088: 1,142 male and 946 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 103 townships, 1911 (7.8% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, Brenda shared boundaries with:

• Arthur
• Cameron
• Napinka, VL
• Winchester

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 36 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 2,088 total population, 1,142 males in the population, 946 females in the population, 889 males born in Canada, 768 females born in Canada, 160 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 110 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 93 males born outside the British Empire, 68 females born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 703 persons of British origin (English), 534 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 520 persons of British origin (Irish), 88 persons of Belgian origin, 88 persons of Scandinavian origin, 62 persons of German origin, 40 persons of Dutch origin, 15 persons of French origin, 11 persons of British origin (other), 7 persons of other European origin, 5 persons of Greek origin, 5 persons of Ukrainian origin, 4 persons of Austrian origin, 3 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 1 persons of Polish origin, 1 persons of Russian origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 726 Methodists, 677 Presbyterians, 330 Anglicans (Church of England), 133 Roman Catholics, 91 Baptists, 77 Lutherans, 36 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 6 Brethren, 6 Congregationalists, 5 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 1 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: MB158003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_MB158003 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q1658351
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural_Municipality_of_Brenda
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brenda_(Manitoba)

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). "Brenda, Manitoba (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/mb/brenda-mb158003-1921/.