231. Happyland, Saskatchewan (1921 census)

Name: 231. Happyland (1921)
Address: Saskatchewan, CA

231. Happyland was a census subdivision in Saskatchewan, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 4,185. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q5653219. The administrative centroid was at approximately 50.770°N, 109.536°W.

Population

In 1921, 231. Happyland had a population of 4,185: 2,258 male and 1,927 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, 231. Happyland shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 39 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 4,185 total population, 2,258 males in the population, 1,927 females in the population, 1,159 males born outside the British Empire, 1,070 males born in Canada, 999 females born outside the British Empire, 911 females born in Canada, 29 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 17 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 2,389 persons of German origin, 1,162 persons of Russian origin, 137 persons of Austrian origin, 124 persons of British origin (English), 84 persons of Polish origin, 82 persons of other European origin, 67 persons of British origin (Irish), 53 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 37 persons of Scandinavian origin, 23 persons of Ukrainian origin, 12 persons of French origin, 6 persons of Dutch origin, 3 persons of other Asian origin, 1 persons of British origin (other), 1 persons of Finnish origin. 4 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 2,377 Roman Catholics, 913 Lutherans, 250 Congregationalists, 109 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 96 Baptists, 89 members of the Evangelical Association, 79 Adventists, 72 Methodists, 69 Anglicans (Church of England), 69 Presbyterians, 43 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 10 Brethren, 8 Salvation Army adherents, 1 Christians (general / no denomination specified). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: SK178017 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_SK178017 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
Wikidata: Q5653219
Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural_Municipality_of_Happyland_No._231

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). "231. Happyland, Saskatchewan (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/sk/231-happyland-sk178017-1921/.