221. Sarnia, Saskatchewan (1921 census)

Name: 221. Sarnia (1921)
Address: Saskatchewan, CA

221. Sarnia was a census subdivision in Saskatchewan, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 2,108. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7424345. The administrative centroid was at approximately 50.958°N, 105.393°W.

Population

In 1921, 221. Sarnia had a population of 2,108: 1,136 male and 972 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 (4.7% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, 221. Sarnia shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 37 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 2,108 total population, 1,136 males in the population, 972 females in the population, 638 males born in Canada, 616 females born in Canada, 423 males born outside the British Empire, 307 females born outside the British Empire, 75 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 49 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 619 persons of German origin, 562 persons of Russian origin, 319 persons of British origin (English), 203 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 151 persons of British origin (Irish), 115 persons of Scandinavian origin, 75 persons of other European origin, 24 persons of Austrian origin, 9 persons of French origin, 7 persons of Dutch origin, 6 persons of Belgian origin, 6 persons of British origin (other), 6 persons of Polish origin, 1 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 1,142 Roman Catholics, 312 Presbyterians, 283 Lutherans, 162 Methodists, 161 Anglicans (Church of England), 19 Baptists, 14 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 5 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 4 Salvation Army adherents, 3 Brethren, 3 Congregationalists, 2 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 1 adherents of Eastern religions, 1 Protestants (general / no denomination specified). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: SK176020 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_SK176020 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
Wikidata: Q7424345
Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural_Municipality_of_Sarnia_No._221

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). "221. Sarnia, Saskatchewan (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/sk/221-sarnia-sk176020-1921/.