157. South Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan (1921 census)

157. South Qu'Appelle was a census subdivision in Saskatchewan, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 1,662. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7568281. The administrative centroid was at approximately 50.539°N, 104.014°W.

Population

In 1921, 157. South Qu'Appelle had a population of 1,662: 950 male and 712 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 (7.0% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, 157. South Qu'Appelle shared boundaries with:

• 127. Francis
• 128. Lajord
• 156. Indian Head
• 158. Edenwold
• 187. North Qu'Appelle
• McLean, VL
• Qu'Appelle, T-V

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 34 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 1,662 total population, 950 males in the population, 712 females in the population, 659 males born in Canada, 504 females born in Canada, 151 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 140 males born outside the British Empire, 113 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 95 females born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 649 persons of British origin (English), 262 persons of Russian origin, 206 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 140 persons of German origin, 137 persons of Austrian origin, 137 persons of British origin (Irish), 65 persons of French origin, 30 persons of other European origin, 26 persons of Scandinavian origin, 3 persons of Dutch origin, 2 persons of British origin (other), 1 persons of Greek origin. 3 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 457 Roman Catholics, 387 Anglicans (Church of England), 282 Presbyterians, 229 Methodists, 193 Lutherans, 65 Baptists, 28 Adventists, 11 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 5 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 3 Jews, 2 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 1 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: SK176007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_SK176007 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q7568281
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural_Municipality_of_South_Qu%27Appelle_No._157

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). "157. South Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/sk/157-south-qu-appelle-sk176007-1921/.