Minto, Manitoba (1921 census)

Minto was a census subdivision in Manitoba, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 1,623. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q1660775. The administrative centroid was at approximately 50.329°N, 99.815°W.

Population

In 1921, Minto had a population of 1,623: 887 male and 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 128 townships, 1911 (3.2% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, Minto shared boundaries with:

• Clanwilliam
• Harrison
• Indian reserves
• Minnedosa, T-V
• Odanah
• Rosedale
• Saskatchewan

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 38 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 1,623 total population, 887 males in the population, 736 females in the population, 661 males born in Canada, 556 females born in Canada, 138 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 104 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 88 males born outside the British Empire, 76 females born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 599 persons of British origin (English), 355 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 316 persons of British origin (Irish), 158 persons of Scandinavian origin, 62 persons of German origin, 55 persons of Austrian origin, 23 persons of Polish origin, 16 persons of Ukrainian origin, 11 persons of French origin, 10 persons of British origin (other), 3 persons of Dutch origin, 2 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 2 persons of Russian origin, 1 persons of Belgian origin, 1 persons of Italian origin. 9 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 569 Presbyterians, 485 Anglicans (Church of England), 210 Methodists, 135 Lutherans, 117 Roman Catholics, 36 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 32 Baptists, 20 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 9 Jews, 6 Congregationalists, 2 adherents of Eastern religions, 1 Brethren, 1 Mormons (Latter-day Saints). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: MB165009 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_MB165009 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q1660775
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural_Municipality_of_Minto

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). "Minto, Manitoba (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/mb/minto-mb165009-1921/.