St. James, Manitoba (1921 census)
St. James was a census subdivision in Manitoba, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 11,745. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.892°N, 97.237°W.
Population
In 1921, St. James had a population of 11,745: 5,869 male and 5,876 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 St. James pr, 1911 (46.1% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921
In the 1921 census, St. James shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1921
The 1921 census recorded 50 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.
Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 11,745 total population, 5,876 females in the population, 5,869 males in the population, 2,912 males born in Canada, 2,875 females born in Canada, 2,721 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 2,683 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 280 females born outside the British Empire, 274 males born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)
Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 6,556 persons of British origin (English), 2,763 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 1,438 persons of British origin (Irish), 281 persons of Scandinavian origin, 190 persons of French origin, 128 persons of British origin (other), 65 persons of German origin, 61 persons of Dutch origin, 42 persons of other European origin, 36 persons of Austrian origin, 28 persons of Italian origin, 24 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 21 persons of Belgian origin, 16 persons of Ukrainian origin, 14 persons of Russian origin, 13 persons of Polish origin, 1 persons of Finnish origin, 1 persons of Greek origin. 52 persons recorded under the 1921 official census category "Hebrew" (origin/ethnicity); now described as Jewish origin. 12 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). 1 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 5,154 Anglicans (Church of England), 3,127 Presbyterians, 1,496 Methodists, 740 Roman Catholics, 311 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 300 Baptists, 211 Lutherans, 178 Salvation Army adherents, 100 Congregationalists, 52 Jews, 18 adherents of Eastern religions, 14 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 13 Mormons (Latter-day Saints), 13 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 6 members of the Evangelical Association, 5 Adventists, 4 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 2 Brethren, 2 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 1 Mennonites. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
MB163007— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_MB163007— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.
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. James, Manitoba (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/mb/st-james-mb163007-1921/.