229. Miry Creek, Saskatchewan (1921 census)

Name: 229. Miry Creek (1921)
Address: Saskatchewan, CA

229. Miry Creek was a census subdivision in Saskatchewan, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 2,003. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q16823011. The administrative centroid was at approximately 50.765°N, 108.713°W.

Population

In 1921, 229. Miry Creek had a population of 2,003: 1,133 male and 870 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 870 townships, 1911 (1.6% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, 229. Miry Creek shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 36 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 2,003 total population, 1,133 males in the population, 870 females in the population, 641 males born in Canada, 507 females born in Canada, 356 males born outside the British Empire, 271 females born outside the British Empire, 136 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 92 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 633 persons of British origin (English), 320 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 311 persons of Scandinavian origin, 282 persons of British origin (Irish), 130 persons of Dutch origin, 129 persons of German origin, 68 persons of French origin, 58 persons of Russian origin, 27 persons of Finnish origin, 22 persons of British origin (other), 13 persons of other European origin, 7 persons of Austrian origin, 1 persons of Belgian origin, 1 persons of Polish origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 517 Methodists, 416 Lutherans, 389 Presbyterians, 313 Anglicans (Church of England), 197 Roman Catholics, 92 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 66 Baptists, 9 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 1 Adventists, 1 Brethren, 1 Disciples of Christ, 1 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 1 Salvation Army adherents. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: SK178015 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_SK178015 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
Wikidata: Q16823011
Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural_Municipality_of_Miry_Creek_No._229

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). "229. Miry Creek, Saskatchewan (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/sk/229-miry-creek-sk178015-1921/.