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 3 categories.
Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 2,712 total population, 1,476 males in the population, 1,236 females in the population, 785 males born in Canada, 759 females born in Canada, 487 males born outside the British Empire, 352 females born outside the British Empire, 204 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 125 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)
Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 595 persons of British origin (English), 491 persons of German origin, 375 persons of Russian origin, 296 persons of Ukrainian origin, 274 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 249 persons of Austrian origin, 130 persons of Polish origin, 124 persons of Scandinavian origin, 59 persons of other European origin, 51 persons of British origin (Irish), 19 persons of French origin, 13 persons of Dutch origin, 12 persons of British origin (other), 7 persons of Belgian origin, 6 persons of Italian origin, 1 persons of Syrian origin. 10 persons recorded under the 1921 official census category "Hebrew" (origin/ethnicity); now described as Jewish origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)
Religion (1921). This community's record includes 750 Baptists, 450 Presbyterians, 370 Roman Catholics, 313 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 259 Lutherans, 230 Methodists, 193 Anglicans (Church of England), 70 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 26 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 17 members of the Evangelical Association, 12 Mennonites, 10 Jews, 6 Congregationalists, 6 Salvation Army adherents. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)
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/.