161. Moosejaw, Saskatchewan (1921 census)
161. Moosejaw was a census subdivision in Saskatchewan, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 2,009. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3020588. The administrative centroid was at approximately 50.442°N, 105.511°W.
Population
In 1921, 161. Moosejaw had a population of 2,009: 1,169 male and 840 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 (1.0% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921
In the 1921 census, 161. Moosejaw shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1921
The 1921 census recorded 37 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.
Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 2,009 total population, 1,169 males in the population, 840 females in the population, 799 males born in Canada, 602 females born in Canada, 198 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 172 males born outside the British Empire, 122 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 116 females born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)
Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 1,012 persons of British origin (English), 445 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 280 persons of British origin (Irish), 100 persons of Scandinavian origin, 56 persons of German origin, 35 persons of Austrian origin, 26 persons of French origin, 11 persons of other European origin, 9 persons of Italian origin, 9 persons of Russian origin, 8 persons of Belgian origin, 6 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 3 persons of Dutch origin, 2 persons of British origin (other), 1 persons of Finnish origin, 1 persons of Polish origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)
Religion (1921). This community's record includes 801 Presbyterians, 531 Methodists, 386 Anglicans (Church of England), 136 Roman Catholics, 64 Baptists, 58 Lutherans, 11 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 10 Adventists, 7 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 5 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 2 Congregationalists, 1 Salvation Army adherents. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
SK177007— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_SK177007— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3020588
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural_Municipality_of_Moose_Jaw_No._161
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moose_Jaw_No_161
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). "161. Moosejaw, Saskatchewan (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/sk/161-moosejaw-sk177007-1921/.