190. Dufferin, Saskatchewan (1921 census)

Name: 190. Dufferin (1921)
Address: Saskatchewan, CA

190. Dufferin was a census subdivision in Saskatchewan, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 2,185. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q5312344. The administrative centroid was at approximately 50.714°N, 105.306°W.

Population

In 1921, 190. Dufferin had a population of 2,185: 1,158 male and 1,027 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 217 townships, 1911 (5.0% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, 190. Dufferin shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 42 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 2,185 total population, 1,158 males in the population, 1,027 females in the population, 772 males born in Canada, 718 females born in Canada, 213 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 173 males born outside the British Empire, 168 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 141 females born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 1,133 persons of British origin (English), 329 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 228 persons of British origin (Irish), 133 persons of German origin, 78 persons of Austrian origin, 73 persons of Russian origin, 62 persons of Scandinavian origin, 57 persons of other European origin, 20 persons of Italian origin, 16 persons of British origin (other), 16 persons of Polish origin, 8 persons of French origin, 5 persons of Ukrainian origin, 2 persons of Dutch origin, 1 persons of Belgian origin. 19 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). 4 persons recorded under the 1921 official census category "Hebrew" (origin/ethnicity); now described as Jewish origin. 1 persons recorded under the 1911/1921 official census category "Negro"; refers to people of African descent. Term is now considered offensive and is preserved here only as the historical source label. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 997 Presbyterians, 347 Anglicans (Church of England), 260 Roman Catholics, 207 Methodists, 160 Lutherans, 76 Mormons (Latter-day Saints), 51 Baptists, 22 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 21 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 13 Adventists, 10 Disciples of Christ, 7 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 6 Salvation Army adherents, 4 Congregationalists, 4 Jews. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: SK176014 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_SK176014 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
Wikidata: Q5312344
Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural_Municipality_of_Dufferin_No._190

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). "190. Dufferin, Saskatchewan (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/sk/190-dufferin-sk176014-1921/.