186. Abernethy, Saskatchewan (1921 census)

Name: 186. Abernethy (1921)
Address: Saskatchewan, CA

186. Abernethy was a census subdivision in Saskatchewan, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 1,996. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q4667154. The administrative centroid was at approximately 50.720°N, 103.444°W.

Population

In 1921, 186. Abernethy had a population of 1,996: 1,111 male and 885 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 (7.4% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, 186. Abernethy 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 1,996 total population, 1,111 males in the population, 885 females in the population, 765 males born in Canada, 655 females born in Canada, 206 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 142 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 140 males born outside the British Empire, 88 females born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 708 persons of British origin (English), 386 persons of British origin (Irish), 289 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 157 persons of Austrian origin, 134 persons of French origin, 123 persons of German origin, 99 persons of Russian origin, 34 persons of Polish origin, 13 persons of Ukrainian origin, 10 persons of British origin (other), 10 persons of Dutch origin, 10 persons of Scandinavian origin, 3 persons of Italian origin, 3 persons of other European origin, 2 persons of Belgian origin. 13 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). 2 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 608 Presbyterians, 380 Methodists, 366 Anglicans (Church of England), 348 Roman Catholics, 132 Lutherans, 107 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 28 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 10 Baptists, 9 Adventists, 5 Salvation Army adherents, 2 Jews, 1 Congregationalists. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: SK176011 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_SK176011 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
Wikidata: Q4667154
Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural_Municipality_of_Abernethy_No._186

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). "186. Abernethy, Saskatchewan (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/sk/186-abernethy-sk176011-1921/.