Kildonan W, Manitoba (1921 census)
Kildonan W was a census subdivision in Manitoba, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 4,641. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7985621. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.960°N, 97.137°W.
Population
In 1921, Kildonan W had a population of 4,641: 2,319 male and 2,322 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 Kildonan, 1911 (49.5% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921
In the 1921 census, Kildonan W shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1921
The 1921 census recorded 45 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.
Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 4,641 total population, 2,322 females in the population, 2,319 males in the population, 1,136 females born in Canada, 1,123 males born in Canada, 999 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 976 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 210 females born outside the British Empire, 197 males born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)
Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 2,362 persons of British origin (English), 1,019 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 367 persons of British origin (Irish), 159 persons of Austrian origin, 92 persons of British origin (other), 78 persons of Russian origin, 77 persons of Scandinavian origin, 62 persons of German origin, 57 persons of French origin, 39 persons of Polish origin, 38 persons of Dutch origin, 32 persons of other European origin, 31 persons of Belgian origin, 12 persons of Italian origin, 10 persons of Ukrainian origin, 7 persons of Finnish origin, 2 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 1 persons of Greek origin. 165 persons recorded under the 1921 official census category "Hebrew" (origin/ethnicity); now described as Jewish origin. 26 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). 5 persons recorded under the 1911/1921 official census category "Negro"; refers to people of African descent. Term is now considered offensive and is preserved here only as the historical source label. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)
Religion (1921). This community's record includes 1,985 Anglicans (Church of England), 1,130 Presbyterians, 418 Methodists, 407 Roman Catholics, 165 Jews, 153 Baptists, 138 Lutherans, 96 Salvation Army adherents, 52 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 39 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 24 Congregationalists, 16 Adventists, 15 Brethren, 2 adherents of Eastern religions, 1 Mennonites. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
MB163002— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_MB163002— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q7985621
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Kildonan
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). "Kildonan W, Manitoba (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/mb/kildonan-w-mb163002-1921/.