Grey, Manitoba (1921 census)

Grey was a census subdivision in Manitoba, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 3,520. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q1659931. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.710°N, 98.073°W.

Population

In 1921, Grey had a population of 3,520: 1,946 male and 1,574 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 104 townships, 1911 (10.1% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, Grey shared boundaries with:

• Cartier
• Dufferin
• Macdonald
• Norfolk S
• Portage la Prairie

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 3,520 total population, 1,946 males in the population, 1,574 females in the population, 1,324 males born in Canada, 1,122 females born in Canada, 450 males born outside the British Empire, 331 females born outside the British Empire, 172 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 121 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 1,544 persons of French origin, 675 persons of British origin (English), 481 persons of British origin (Irish), 434 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 181 persons of Scandinavian origin, 77 persons of German origin, 33 persons of Austrian origin, 24 persons of Ukrainian origin, 15 persons of Russian origin, 13 persons of Dutch origin, 13 persons of Polish origin, 10 persons of other European origin, 8 persons of British origin (other), 5 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 3 persons of Belgian origin, 2 persons of Italian origin, 1 persons of Finnish origin, 1 persons of other Asian origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 1,768 Roman Catholics, 530 Presbyterians, 456 Methodists, 338 Anglicans (Church of England), 171 Lutherans, 80 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 62 Baptists, 61 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 24 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 17 Salvation Army adherents, 8 Congregationalists, 3 Mennonites, 2 Mormons (Latter-day Saints). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: MB160005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_MB160005 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q1659931
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural_Municipality_of_Grey

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). "Grey, Manitoba (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/mb/grey-mb160005-1921/.