164. Chaplin, Saskatchewan (1921 census)
164. Chaplin was a census subdivision in Saskatchewan, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 1,279. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q5073237. The administrative centroid was at approximately 50.429°N, 106.612°W.
Population
In 1921, 164. Chaplin had a population of 1,279: 721 male and 558 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, 164. Chaplin 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 1,279 total population, 721 males in the population, 558 females in the population, 418 males born in Canada, 332 females born in Canada, 161 males born outside the British Empire, 142 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 134 females born outside the British Empire, 92 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)
Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 511 persons of British origin (English), 209 persons of German origin, 182 persons of British origin (Irish), 178 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 53 persons of Scandinavian origin, 35 persons of Russian origin, 29 persons of Dutch origin, 23 persons of Polish origin, 15 persons of French origin, 14 persons of British origin (other), 10 persons of Austrian origin, 10 persons of other European origin, 9 persons of Ukrainian origin, 1 persons of Syrian origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)
Religion (1921). This community's record includes 371 Presbyterians, 243 Anglicans (Church of England), 200 Methodists, 169 Baptists, 95 Lutherans, 76 Roman Catholics, 38 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 38 Mennonites, 18 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 13 Congregationalists, 6 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 6 Mormons (Latter-day Saints), 4 Disciples of Christ, 2 Salvation Army adherents. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
SK177010— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_SK177010— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q5073237
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural_Municipality_of_Chaplin_No._164
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). "164. Chaplin, Saskatchewan (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/sk/164-chaplin-sk177010-1921/.