151. Rocanville, Saskatchewan (1921 census)

151. Rocanville was a census subdivision in Saskatchewan, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 2,071. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7353681. The administrative centroid was at approximately 50.420°N, 101.753°W.

Population

In 1921, 151. Rocanville had a population of 2,071: 1,148 male and 923 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 (5.8% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, 151. Rocanville shared boundaries with:

• 121. Moosomin
• 122. Martin
• 152. Spy Hill
• 153. Willowdale
• Ellice
• Rocanville, VL
• Tantallon, VL
• Welwyn, 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 2,071 total population, 1,148 males in the population, 923 females in the population, 843 males born in Canada, 710 females born in Canada, 185 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 133 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 120 males born outside the British Empire, 80 females born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 742 persons of British origin (English), 420 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 316 persons of Finnish origin, 289 persons of British origin (Irish), 207 persons of French origin, 21 persons of German origin, 14 persons of Austrian origin, 11 persons of other European origin, 9 persons of Russian origin, 8 persons of Scandinavian origin, 2 persons of Dutch origin. 32 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 594 Presbyterians, 476 Methodists, 332 Anglicans (Church of England), 332 Lutherans, 241 Roman Catholics, 32 Jews, 25 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 22 Baptists, 7 Brethren, 6 Congregationalists, 3 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 1 Christians (general / no denomination specified). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: SK175006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_SK175006 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q7353681
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural_Municipality_of_Rocanville_No._151

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). "151. Rocanville, Saskatchewan (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/sk/151-rocanville-sk175006-1921/.