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Year: 1921  |  Province: Saskatchewan  |  Wikidata: Q7656040

137. Swift Current, Saskatchewan (1921 census)

137. Swift Current was a census subdivision in Saskatchewan, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 2,923. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7656040. The administrative centroid was at approximately 50.222°N, 107.854°W.

Population

In 1921, 137. Swift Current had a population of 2,923: 1,577 male and 1,346 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

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, 137. Swift Current shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 41 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 2,923 total population, 1,577 males in the population, 1,346 females in the population, 1,099 males born in Canada, 1,037 females born in Canada, 328 males born outside the British Empire, 215 females born outside the British Empire, 150 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 94 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 1,538 persons of Dutch origin, 462 persons of British origin (English), 277 persons of British origin (Irish), 261 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 133 persons of German origin, 119 persons of Scandinavian origin, 50 persons of French origin, 29 persons of Austrian origin, 15 persons of British origin (other), 10 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 8 persons of Russian origin, 7 persons of Belgian origin, 6 persons of other European origin, 1 persons of Ukrainian origin. 2 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. 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 1,502 Mennonites, 477 Methodists, 300 Presbyterians, 226 Anglicans (Church of England), 152 Lutherans, 142 Roman Catholics, 60 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 40 Baptists, 8 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 5 Disciples of Christ, 4 adherents of Eastern religions, 3 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 2 Congregationalists, 1 Jews, 1 Salvation Army adherents. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

Identifiers

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). "137. Swift Current, Saskatchewan (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/sk/137-swift-current-sk178001-1921/.