163. Wheatlands, Saskatchewan (1921 census)
163. Wheatlands was a census subdivision in Saskatchewan, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 1,185. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7991914. The administrative centroid was at approximately 50.441°N, 106.211°W.
Population
In 1921, 163. Wheatlands had a population of 1,185: 671 male and 514 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 (1.1% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921
In the 1921 census, 163. Wheatlands 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 1,185 total population, 671 males in the population, 514 females in the population, 367 males born in Canada, 345 females born in Canada, 157 males born outside the British Empire, 147 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 86 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 83 females born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)
Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 511 persons of British origin (English), 202 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 200 persons of British origin (Irish), 95 persons of Scandinavian origin, 87 persons of German origin, 24 persons of Dutch origin, 18 persons of other European origin, 15 persons of Austrian origin, 12 persons of French origin, 12 persons of Russian origin, 3 persons of British origin (other), 3 persons of Ukrainian origin, 1 persons of Belgian origin, 1 persons of Italian origin, 1 persons of Polish origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)
Religion (1921). This community's record includes 359 Presbyterians, 344 Methodists, 246 Anglicans (Church of England), 109 Lutherans, 50 Roman Catholics, 38 Baptists, 21 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 6 Mennonites, 4 Mormons (Latter-day Saints), 3 adherents of Eastern religions, 2 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 2 Salvation Army adherents, 1 Protestants (general / no denomination specified). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
SK177009— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_SK177009— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q7991914
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural_Municipality_of_Wheatlands_No._163
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). "163. Wheatlands, Saskatchewan (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/sk/163-wheatlands-sk177009-1921/.