Coldwell, Manitoba (1921 census)

Coldwell was a census subdivision in Manitoba, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 2,325. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q1658849. The administrative centroid was at approximately 50.639°N, 98.087°W.

Population

In 1921, Coldwell had a population of 2,325: 1,253 male and 1,072 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 282 townships, 1911 (5.3% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, Coldwell shared boundaries with:

• Armstrong
• Chatfield
• Eriksdale
• Indian reserves
• Lakeview
• St. Laurent

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 37 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 2,325 total population, 1,253 males in the population, 1,072 females in the population, 796 males born in Canada, 694 females born in Canada, 325 males born outside the British Empire, 287 females born outside the British Empire, 132 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 91 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 1,282 persons of Scandinavian origin, 470 persons of British origin (English), 169 persons of French origin, 154 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 102 persons of British origin (Irish), 22 persons of German origin, 18 persons of other European origin, 14 persons of British origin (other), 13 persons of Ukrainian origin, 9 persons of Russian origin, 9 persons of Syrian origin, 8 persons of Dutch origin, 7 persons of Austrian origin, 7 persons of Belgian origin, 2 persons of Finnish origin, 2 persons of Polish origin. 37 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 1,047 Lutherans, 399 Anglicans (Church of England), 307 Roman Catholics, 234 Presbyterians, 232 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 76 Methodists, 18 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 8 Baptists, 2 Salvation Army adherents, 1 Adventists, 1 Congregationalists. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: MB166004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_MB166004 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q1658849
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural_Municipality_of_Coldwell

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). "Coldwell, Manitoba (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/mb/coldwell-mb166004-1921/.