Dauphin, Manitoba (1921 census)

Dauphin was a census subdivision in Manitoba, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 6,059. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q1658912. The administrative centroid was at approximately 51.202°N, 100.048°W.

Population

In 1921, Dauphin had a population of 6,059: 3,323 male and 2,736 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 (6.3% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, Dauphin shared boundaries with:

• Dauphin, T-V
• Ethelbert
• Gilbert Plains
• Lawrence
• Mossy River
• Ochre River
• Unorganized territory between tps . 18 & 23 r. 16 & 26 W.P.M.

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 40 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 6,059 total population, 3,323 males in the population, 2,736 females in the population, 2,165 males born in Canada, 1,879 females born in Canada, 929 males born outside the British Empire, 708 females born outside the British Empire, 229 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 149 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 2,522 persons of Ukrainian origin, 1,012 persons of British origin (English), 665 persons of Austrian origin, 632 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 567 persons of British origin (Irish), 262 persons of Polish origin, 108 persons of Scandinavian origin, 79 persons of French origin, 72 persons of other European origin, 54 persons of German origin, 37 persons of Russian origin, 22 persons of Dutch origin, 11 persons of British origin (other), 4 persons of Belgian origin, 3 persons of Finnish origin, 2 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin. 6 persons recorded under the 1921 official census category "Hebrew" (origin/ethnicity); now described as Jewish origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 2,770 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 986 Presbyterians, 736 Roman Catholics, 654 Methodists, 491 Anglicans (Church of England), 162 Lutherans, 123 Baptists, 76 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 33 Salvation Army adherents, 12 Adventists, 6 Congregationalists, 6 Jews, 4 adherents of Eastern religions, 1 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: MB167001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_MB167001 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q1658912
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural_Municipality_of_Dauphin
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dauphin_(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). "Dauphin, Manitoba (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/mb/dauphin-mb167001-1921/.