Ochre River, Manitoba (1921 census)

Ochre River was a census subdivision in Manitoba, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 2,004. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7076388. The administrative centroid was at approximately 51.032°N, 99.708°W.

Population

In 1921, Ochre River had a population of 2,004: 1,104 male and 900 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 (2.8% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, Ochre River shared boundaries with:

• Dauphin
• Lawrence
• McCreary
• Ste Rose
• Unorganized territory between tps . 18 & 23 r. 16 & 26 W.P.M.

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 37 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 2,004 total population, 1,104 males in the population, 900 females in the population, 748 males born in Canada, 652 females born in Canada, 199 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 157 males born outside the British Empire, 130 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 118 females born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 695 persons of British origin (English), 388 persons of French origin, 369 persons of British origin (Irish), 347 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 66 persons of Belgian origin, 49 persons of Scandinavian origin, 24 persons of German origin, 23 persons of Dutch origin, 14 persons of British origin (other), 7 persons of Austrian origin, 7 persons of Ukrainian origin, 5 persons of Italian origin, 4 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 4 persons of other European origin, 1 persons of Polish origin, 1 persons of Russian origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 524 Presbyterians, 489 Roman Catholics, 444 Methodists, 432 Anglicans (Church of England), 49 Baptists, 20 Lutherans, 15 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 11 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 8 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 8 Mennonites, 3 Adventists, 1 Disciples of Christ. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: MB167005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_MB167005 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q7076388
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ochre_River,_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). "Ochre River, Manitoba (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/mb/ochre-river-mb167005-1921/.