156. Indian Head, Saskatchewan (1921 census)

Name: 156. Indian Head (1921)
Address: Saskatchewan, CA

156. Indian Head was a census subdivision in Saskatchewan, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 1,882. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q6020414. The administrative centroid was at approximately 50.519°N, 103.607°W.

Population

In 1921, 156. Indian Head had a population of 1,882: 1,094 male and 788 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, 156. Indian Head 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 1,882 total population, 1,094 males in the population, 788 females in the population, 753 males born in Canada, 562 females born in Canada, 270 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 180 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 71 males born outside the British Empire, 46 females born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 1,069 persons of British origin (English), 271 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 257 persons of British origin (Irish), 158 persons of French origin, 24 persons of other European origin, 13 persons of Austrian origin, 13 persons of British origin (other), 12 persons of Dutch origin, 12 persons of Russian origin, 12 persons of Scandinavian origin, 5 persons of Polish origin, 3 persons of Belgian origin, 2 persons of German origin, 1 persons of Ukrainian origin. 29 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 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 612 Presbyterians, 505 Anglicans (Church of England), 445 Methodists, 276 Roman Catholics, 18 Baptists, 8 Salvation Army adherents, 6 Lutherans, 3 Congregationalists, 2 Brethren, 2 Disciples of Christ, 2 members of the Evangelical Association, 1 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 1 Jews, 1 Protestants (general / no denomination specified). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: SK176006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_SK176006 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
Wikidata: Q6020414
Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural_Municipality_of_Indian_Head_No._156

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). "156. Indian Head, Saskatchewan (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/sk/156-indian-head-sk176006-1921/.