159. Sherwood, Saskatchewan (1921 census)
159. Sherwood was a census subdivision in Saskatchewan, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 2,334. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7495549. The administrative centroid was at approximately 50.440°N, 104.689°W.
Population
In 1921, 159. Sherwood had a population of 2,334: 1,385 male and 949 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 217 townships, 1911 (4.1% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921
In the 1921 census, 159. Sherwood shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1921
The 1921 census recorded 43 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.
Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 2,334 total population, 1,385 males in the population, 949 females in the population, 872 males born in Canada, 624 females born in Canada, 274 males born outside the British Empire, 239 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 167 females born outside the British Empire, 158 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)
Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 1,058 persons of British origin (English), 375 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 353 persons of British origin (Irish), 135 persons of German origin, 129 persons of Austrian origin, 86 persons of other European origin, 56 persons of French origin, 38 persons of Russian origin, 37 persons of Scandinavian origin, 22 persons of Ukrainian origin, 16 persons of Belgian origin, 9 persons of Polish origin, 8 persons of British origin (other), 5 persons of Dutch origin, 2 persons of Finnish origin, 1 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin. 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 700 Presbyterians, 594 Methodists, 358 Roman Catholics, 356 Anglicans (Church of England), 73 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 69 Baptists, 62 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 58 Lutherans, 29 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 8 Mennonites, 6 Congregationalists, 5 Brethren, 5 Salvation Army adherents, 3 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 1 Adventists, 1 Jews, 1 members of the Evangelical Association. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
SK176009— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_SK176009— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q7495549
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural_Municipality_of_Sherwood_No._159
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). "159. Sherwood, Saskatchewan (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/sk/159-sherwood-sk176009-1921/.