Whitewater, Manitoba (1921 census)

Whitewater was a census subdivision in Manitoba, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 1,892. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q1661973. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.444°N, 100.105°W.

Population

In 1921, Whitewater had a population of 1,892: 1,047 male and 845 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 103 townships, 1911 (5.9% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, Whitewater shared boundaries with:

• Cameron
• Glenwood
• Morton
• Oakland
• Riverside

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 42 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 1,892 total population, 1,047 males in the population, 845 females in the population, 762 males born in Canada, 648 females born in Canada, 219 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 159 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 66 males born outside the British Empire, 38 females born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 720 persons of British origin (English), 501 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 500 persons of British origin (Irish), 49 persons of German origin, 31 persons of Scandinavian origin, 22 persons of Austrian origin, 19 persons of Dutch origin, 11 persons of British origin (other), 11 persons of Polish origin, 7 persons of French origin, 7 persons of Ukrainian origin, 3 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 3 persons of Russian origin, 2 persons of other European origin, 1 persons of Finnish origin, 1 persons of Greek origin, 1 persons of Italian origin. 1 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 685 Presbyterians, 568 Anglicans (Church of England), 338 Methodists, 147 Baptists, 50 Roman Catholics, 43 Lutherans, 24 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 16 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 5 Congregationalists, 5 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 3 adherents of Eastern religions, 3 Brethren, 2 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 1 Jews, 1 members of the Evangelical Association. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: MB158007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_MB158007 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q1661973
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural_Municipality_of_Whitewater
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitewater_(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). "Whitewater, Manitoba (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/mb/whitewater-mb158007-1921/.