127. Francis, Saskatchewan (1921 census)

Name: 127. Francis (1921)
Address: Saskatchewan, CA

127. Francis was a census subdivision in Saskatchewan, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 2,846. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q5482058. The administrative centroid was at approximately 50.222°N, 103.855°W.

Population

In 1921, 127. Francis had a population of 2,846: 1,583 male and 1,263 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 (8.7% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, 127. Francis shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 39 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 2,846 total population, 1,583 males in the population, 1,263 females in the population, 1,037 males born in Canada, 880 females born in Canada, 470 males born outside the British Empire, 339 females born outside the British Empire, 76 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 44 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 845 persons of Russian origin, 798 persons of German origin, 280 persons of British origin (English), 251 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 195 persons of Austrian origin, 183 persons of British origin (Irish), 121 persons of other European origin, 120 persons of French origin, 19 persons of Scandinavian origin, 9 persons of Italian origin, 8 persons of Dutch origin, 6 persons of Polish origin, 2 persons of other Asian origin, 2 persons of Ukrainian origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 1,606 Roman Catholics, 445 Presbyterians, 277 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 199 Lutherans, 129 Methodists, 115 Anglicans (Church of England), 34 Baptists, 12 Adventists, 10 members of the Evangelical Association, 7 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 6 Mormons (Latter-day Saints), 4 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 3 Brethren, 2 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 1 Disciples of Christ, 1 Protestants (general / no denomination specified). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: SK176002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_SK176002 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
Wikidata: Q5482058
Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural_Municipality_of_Francis_No._127

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). "127. Francis, Saskatchewan (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/sk/127-francis-sk176002-1921/.