183. Fertile Belt, Saskatchewan (1921 census)

Name: 183. Fertile Belt (1921)
Address: Saskatchewan, CA

183. Fertile Belt was a census subdivision in Saskatchewan, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 2,851. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q5445569. The administrative centroid was at approximately 50.694°N, 102.216°W.

Population

In 1921, 183. Fertile Belt had a population of 2,851: 1,520 male and 1,331 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 133 townships, 1911 (10.0% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, 183. Fertile Belt 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 2,851 total population, 1,520 males in the population, 1,331 females in the population, 815 females born in Canada, 798 males born in Canada, 539 males born outside the British Empire, 390 females born outside the British Empire, 183 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 126 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 1,162 persons of other European origin, 635 persons of Scandinavian origin, 386 persons of British origin (English), 219 persons of British origin (other), 128 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 66 persons of Russian origin, 56 persons of French origin, 54 persons of British origin (Irish), 42 persons of Austrian origin, 29 persons of Belgian origin, 29 persons of German origin, 27 persons of Polish origin, 9 persons of Ukrainian origin, 3 persons of Finnish origin, 2 persons of Dutch origin, 2 persons of Italian origin. 1 persons recorded under the 1921 official census category "Hebrew" (origin/ethnicity); now described as Jewish origin. 1 persons recorded under the official census category "Indian"; corresponds to what is now described as Indigenous (First Nations; in northern enumerations also Inuit) origin. "Indian" was simultaneously a census category and the legal/administrative term under the Indian Act (1876). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 1,228 Roman Catholics, 534 Lutherans, 477 Presbyterians, 302 Anglicans (Church of England), 206 Methodists, 58 Baptists, 23 Congregationalists, 20 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 1 Adventists, 1 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 1 Jews. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: SK175012 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_SK175012 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
Wikidata: Q5445569
Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural_Municipality_of_Fertile_Belt_No._183

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). "183. Fertile Belt, Saskatchewan (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/sk/183-fertile-belt-sk175012-1921/.