222. Craik, Saskatchewan (1921 census)
222. Craik was a census subdivision in Saskatchewan, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 1,770. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q5181777. The administrative centroid was at approximately 50.939°N, 105.799°W.
Population
In 1921, 222. Craik had a population of 1,770: 1,021 male and 749 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 (4.5% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921
In the 1921 census, 222. Craik shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1921
The 1921 census recorded 33 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.
Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 1,770 total population, 1,021 males in the population, 749 females in the population, 542 males born in Canada, 420 females born in Canada, 336 males born outside the British Empire, 244 females born outside the British Empire, 143 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 85 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)
Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 737 persons of British origin (English), 384 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 165 persons of British origin (Irish), 150 persons of Scandinavian origin, 136 persons of Russian origin, 106 persons of German origin, 31 persons of French origin, 24 persons of Austrian origin, 15 persons of Belgian origin, 12 persons of other European origin, 6 persons of Polish origin, 3 persons of British origin (other). 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 504 Presbyterians, 457 Methodists, 278 Roman Catholics, 250 Anglicans (Church of England), 171 Lutherans, 58 Baptists, 39 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 8 Congregationalists, 3 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 1 Adventists, 1 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
SK177017— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_SK177017— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q5181777
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural_Municipality_of_Craik_No._222
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). "222. Craik, Saskatchewan (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/sk/222-craik-sk177017-1921/.