Gimli, Manitoba (1921 census)

Gimli was a census subdivision in Manitoba, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 2,491. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q1524758. The administrative centroid was at approximately 50.662°N, 96.938°W.

Population

In 1921, Gimli had a population of 2,491: 1,296 male and 1,195 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).

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 134 townships, 1911 (6.6% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, Gimli shared boundaries with:

• Bifrost
• Gimli, VL
• Kreuzburg
• St. Andrews
• St. Clements
• Unorganized northern parts
• Victoria Beach

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 35 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 2,491 total population, 1,296 males in the population, 1,195 females in the population, 771 males born in Canada, 717 females born in Canada, 447 males born outside the British Empire, 403 females born outside the British Empire, 78 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 75 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 748 persons of Austrian origin, 585 persons of Scandinavian origin, 332 persons of Polish origin, 330 persons of Ukrainian origin, 205 persons of British origin (English), 96 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 88 persons of British origin (Irish), 62 persons of German origin, 16 persons of Russian origin, 15 persons of other European origin, 11 persons of French origin, 2 persons of Belgian origin, 1 persons of Dutch origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 970 Roman Catholics, 561 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 445 Lutherans, 158 Anglicans (Church of England), 148 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 117 Presbyterians, 44 Methodists, 20 Baptists, 10 Congregationalists, 8 Salvation Army adherents, 6 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 3 Adventists, 1 Brethren. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: MB166007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_MB166007 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q1524758
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural_Municipality_of_Gimli
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimli_(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). "Gimli, Manitoba (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/mb/gimli-mb166007-1921/.