217. Lipton, Saskatchewan (1921 census)

Name: 217. Lipton (1921)
Address: Saskatchewan, CA

217. Lipton was a census subdivision in Saskatchewan, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 2,265. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q6557226. The administrative centroid was at approximately 50.967°N, 103.890°W.

Population

In 1921, 217. Lipton had a population of 2,265: 1,238 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 133 townships, 1911 (7.8% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, 217. Lipton 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 2,265 total population, 1,238 males in the population, 1,027 females in the population, 683 males born in Canada, 592 females born in Canada, 435 males born outside the British Empire, 338 females born outside the British Empire, 120 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 97 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 614 persons of German origin, 429 persons of Austrian origin, 280 persons of British origin (English), 258 persons of other European origin, 235 persons of Russian origin, 161 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 60 persons of Ukrainian origin, 51 persons of British origin (Irish), 25 persons of Polish origin, 22 persons of French origin, 4 persons of Dutch origin, 1 persons of Belgian origin, 1 persons of Scandinavian origin. 120 persons recorded under the 1921 official census category "Hebrew" (origin/ethnicity); now described as Jewish origin. 2 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 721 Roman Catholics, 563 Lutherans, 365 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 269 Presbyterians, 180 Anglicans (Church of England), 119 Jews, 29 Methodists, 6 Baptists, 6 Congregationalists, 3 Mennonites, 2 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 2 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 1 Disciples of Christ, 1 members of the Evangelical Association. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: SK176016 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_SK176016 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
Wikidata: Q6557226
Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural_Municipality_of_Lipton_No._217

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). "217. Lipton, Saskatchewan (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/sk/217-lipton-sk176016-1921/.