166. Excelsior, Saskatchewan (1921 census)

Name: 166. Excelsior (1921)
Address: Saskatchewan, CA

166. Excelsior was a census subdivision in Saskatchewan, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 2,897. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q5419478. The administrative centroid was at approximately 50.499°N, 107.456°W.

Population

In 1921, 166. Excelsior had a population of 2,897: 1,514 male and 1,383 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 (1.6% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, 166. Excelsior shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 38 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 2,897 total population, 1,514 males in the population, 1,383 females in the population, 891 males born in Canada, 848 females born in Canada, 566 males born outside the British Empire, 495 females born outside the British Empire, 57 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 40 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 1,357 persons of Russian origin, 694 persons of Dutch origin, 233 persons of British origin (English), 210 persons of Scandinavian origin, 133 persons of German origin, 101 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 100 persons of British origin (Irish), 28 persons of Syrian origin, 12 persons of Austrian origin, 6 persons of French origin, 6 persons of Polish origin, 5 persons of British origin (other), 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 1,473 Mennonites, 795 Lutherans, 211 Methodists, 102 Anglicans (Church of England), 81 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 81 Roman Catholics, 69 Presbyterians, 26 members of the Evangelical Association, 20 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 16 Baptists, 10 Adventists, 10 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 1 adherents of Eastern religions, 1 Jews, 1 Protestants (general / no denomination specified). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: SK177012 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_SK177012 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
Wikidata: Q5419478
Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural_Municipality_of_Excelsior_No._166

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). "166. Excelsior, Saskatchewan (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/sk/166-excelsior-sk177012-1921/.