244. Orkney, Saskatchewan (1921 census)
244. Orkney was a census subdivision in Saskatchewan, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 2,712. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7102958. The administrative centroid was at approximately 51.254°N, 102.639°W.
Population
In 1921, 244. Orkney had a population of 2,712: 1,476 male and 1,236 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 164 townships, 1911 (6.0% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921
In the 1921 census, 244. Orkney shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1921
The 1921 census recorded 40 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 2 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| POP F | 1,236 |
| POP M | 1,476 |
| POP TOT | 2,712 |
Other recorded variables (37 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| ANGLICANS | 193 |
| ASIA SYRIAN | 1 |
| BAPTISTS | 750 |
| BRIT BORN F | 125 |
| BRIT BORN M | 204 |
| BRIT ENG | 595 |
| BRIT IRISH | 51 |
| BRIT OTHER | 12 |
| BRIT SCOTCH | 274 |
| CAN BORN F | 759 |
| CAN BORN M | 785 |
| CHRISTIANS | 26 |
| CONGREGATIONALISTS | 6 |
| EUR AUSTRIAN | 249 |
| EUR BELGIAN | 7 |
| EUR DUTCH | 13 |
| EUR FRENCH | 19 |
| EUR GERMAN | 491 |
| EUR HEBREW | 10 |
| EUR ITALIAN | 6 |
| EUR OTHER | 59 |
| EUR POLISH | 130 |
| EUR RUSSIAN | 375 |
| EUR SCANDINAVIAN | 124 |
| EUR UKRAINIAN | 296 |
| EVANGELICAL ASSOCIATION | 17 |
| FOREIGN BORN F | 352 |
| FOREIGN BORN M | 487 |
| GREEK CHURCH | 313 |
| JEWS | 10 |
| LUTHERANS | 259 |
| MENNONITES | 12 |
| METHODISTS | 230 |
| OTHER SECTS | 70 |
| PRESBYTERIANS | 450 |
| ROMAN CATHOLICS | 370 |
| SALVATION ARMY | 6 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
SK179003— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_SK179003— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q7102958
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural_Municipality_of_Orkney_No._244
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). "244. Orkney, Saskatchewan (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/sk/244-orkney-sk179003-1921/.