St. Boniface, C, Manitoba (1921 census)
St. Boniface, C was a city in Manitoba, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 12,821. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q1004192. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.860°N, 97.069°W.
Population
In 1921, St. Boniface, C had a population of 12,821: 6,323 male and 6,498 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 (0.5% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921
In the 1921 census, St. Boniface, C shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1921
The 1921 census recorded 48 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.
Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 12,821 total population, 6,498 females in the population, 6,323 males in the population, 4,243 females born in Canada, 3,963 males born in Canada, 1,191 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 1,177 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 1,169 males born outside the British Empire, 1,078 females born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)
Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 4,814 persons of French origin, 3,078 persons of British origin (English), 1,635 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 1,183 persons of Belgian origin, 886 persons of British origin (Irish), 149 persons of Scandinavian origin, 142 persons of Austrian origin, 129 persons of other European origin, 127 persons of Italian origin, 113 persons of German origin, 93 persons of Dutch origin, 93 persons of Russian origin, 91 persons of Polish origin, 72 persons of Ukrainian origin, 54 persons of British origin (other), 16 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 10 persons of Greek origin, 5 persons of Syrian origin. 95 persons recorded under the 1921 official census category "Hebrew" (origin/ethnicity); now described as Jewish origin. 21 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). 6 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 7,270 Roman Catholics, 2,210 Presbyterians, 1,867 Anglicans (Church of England), 660 Methodists, 182 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 141 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 137 Baptists, 94 Jews, 94 Lutherans, 53 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 50 Salvation Army adherents, 38 Congregationalists, 9 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 7 adherents of Eastern religions, 5 Mormons (Latter-day Saints), 4 Brethren, 1 Adventists, 1 Mennonites. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 6 people connected to this place who were alive in 1921, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Damase Dandurand | 1819–1921 | died here |
| Ambroise-Dydime Lépine | 1840–1923 | born and died here |
| Alphonse-Alred-Clément La Rivière | 1842–1925 | died here |
| John Hines | 1850–1931 | died here |
| Adrien-Gabriel Morice | 1859–1938 | died here |
| Gabrielle Roy | 1909–1983 | born here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
MB160012— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_MB160012— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q1004192
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Boniface,_Winnipeg
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Boniface_(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). "St. Boniface, C, Manitoba (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/mb/st-boniface-c-mb160012-1921/.