Rossburn, Manitoba (1921 census)

Rossburn was a census subdivision in Manitoba, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 3,086. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q1661166. The administrative centroid was at approximately 50.720°N, 100.744°W.

Population

In 1921, Rossburn had a population of 3,086: 1,621 male and 1,465 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 (5.8% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, Rossburn shared boundaries with:

• Birtle
• Boulton
• Indian reserves
• Rossburn, VL
• Shoal Lake
• Silver Creek
• Unorganized territory between tps . 18 & 23 r. 16 & 26 W.P.M.

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 26 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 3,086 total population, 1,621 males in the population, 1,465 females in the population, 977 males born in Canada, 950 females born in Canada, 576 males born outside the British Empire, 464 females born outside the British Empire, 68 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 51 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 1,806 persons of Ukrainian origin, 525 persons of Austrian origin, 309 persons of British origin (English), 159 persons of Polish origin, 126 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 111 persons of British origin (Irish), 25 persons of French origin, 20 persons of German origin, 3 persons of other European origin, 2 persons of Russian origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 1,721 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 672 Roman Catholics, 455 Presbyterians, 107 Methodists, 75 Anglicans (Church of England), 51 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 5 Baptists. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: MB168005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_MB168005 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q1661166
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural_Municipality_of_Rossburn
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rossburn_(municipalit%C3%A9_rurale)

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). "Rossburn, Manitoba (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/mb/rossburn-mb168005-1921/.