125. Chester, Saskatchewan (1921 census)

125. Chester was a census subdivision in Saskatchewan, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 1,565. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q5093668. The administrative centroid was at approximately 50.179°N, 103.033°W.

Population

In 1921, 125. Chester had a population of 1,565: 878 male and 687 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 (6.5% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, 125. Chester shared boundaries with:

• 124. Kingsley
• 126. Montmartre
• 154. El Capo
• 155. Wolseley
• 95. Golden West
• Glenavon, VL
• Windthorst, VL

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 33 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 1,565 total population, 878 males in the population, 687 females in the population, 513 males born in Canada, 430 females born in Canada, 200 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 165 males born outside the British Empire, 152 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 105 females born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 653 persons of British origin (English), 265 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 207 persons of British origin (Irish), 204 persons of German origin, 73 persons of Scandinavian origin, 66 persons of Ukrainian origin, 27 persons of Polish origin, 18 persons of Austrian origin, 13 persons of Russian origin, 10 persons of British origin (other), 10 persons of French origin, 7 persons of Belgian origin, 6 persons of other European origin, 3 persons of Dutch origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 525 Presbyterians, 328 Anglicans (Church of England), 318 Roman Catholics, 223 Methodists, 106 Lutherans, 61 Baptists, 3 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 2 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 1 Adventists, 1 Brethren. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: SK175005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_SK175005 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q5093668
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural_Municipality_of_Chester_No._125

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). "125. Chester, Saskatchewan (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/sk/125-chester-sk175005-1921/.