142. Bitter Lake, Saskatchewan (1921 census)
142. Bitter Lake was a census subdivision in Saskatchewan, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 1,020. The administrative centroid was at approximately 50.177°N, 109.852°W.
Population
In 1921, 142. Bitter Lake had a population of 1,020: 547 male and 473 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 870 townships, 1911 (0.8% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921
In the 1921 census, 142. Bitter Lake shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1921
The 1921 census recorded 31 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.
Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 1,020 total population, 547 males in the population, 473 females in the population, 324 males born outside the British Empire, 272 females born outside the British Empire, 204 males born in Canada, 187 females born in Canada, 19 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 14 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)
Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 825 persons of German origin, 58 persons of British origin (English), 55 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 30 persons of British origin (Irish), 26 persons of Scandinavian origin, 9 persons of British origin (other), 8 persons of Russian origin, 5 persons of Polish origin, 3 persons of other European origin, 1 persons of Dutch origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)
Religion (1921). This community's record includes 505 Lutherans, 118 Congregationalists, 97 Baptists, 71 Presbyterians, 68 Roman Catholics, 51 members of the Evangelical Association, 45 Methodists, 30 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 20 Anglicans (Church of England), 10 Adventists, 4 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 1 Salvation Army adherents. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
SK178006— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_SK178006— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.
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). "142. Bitter Lake, Saskatchewan (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/sk/142-bitter-lake-sk178006-1921/.