123. Silverwood, Saskatchewan (1921 census)
123. Silverwood was a census subdivision in Saskatchewan, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 1,488. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7516888. The administrative centroid was at approximately 50.179°N, 102.211°W.
Population
In 1921, 123. Silverwood had a population of 1,488: 851 male and 637 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 154 townships, 1911 (6.6% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921
In the 1921 census, 123. Silverwood shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1921
The 1921 census recorded 34 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.
Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 1,488 total population, 851 males in the population, 637 females in the population, 583 males born in Canada, 460 females born in Canada, 162 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 110 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 106 males born outside the British Empire, 67 females born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)
Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 465 persons of British origin (English), 411 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 260 persons of British origin (Irish), 129 persons of French origin, 65 persons of Scandinavian origin, 61 persons of Belgian origin, 24 persons of other European origin, 17 persons of German origin, 16 persons of Dutch origin, 10 persons of Italian origin, 10 persons of Ukrainian origin, 5 persons of British origin (other), 5 persons of Finnish origin, 3 persons of Polish origin, 1 persons of Austrian origin. 6 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). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)
Religion (1921). This community's record includes 612 Presbyterians, 326 Roman Catholics, 238 Anglicans (Church of England), 215 Methodists, 59 Lutherans, 21 Baptists, 10 Congregationalists, 6 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 1 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
SK175003— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_SK175003— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q7516888
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural_Municipality_of_Silverwood_No._123
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). "123. Silverwood, Saskatchewan (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/sk/123-silverwood-sk175003-1921/.