247. Kelross, Saskatchewan (1921 census)

Name: 247. Kelross (1921)
Address: Saskatchewan, CA

247. Kelross was a census subdivision in Saskatchewan, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 1,802. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q6385871. The administrative centroid was at approximately 51.237°N, 103.895°W.

Population

In 1921, 247. Kelross had a population of 1,802: 977 male and 825 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 319 townships, 1911 (2.9% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, 247. Kelross shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 34 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 1,802 total population, 977 males in the population, 825 females in the population, 530 males born in Canada, 478 females born in Canada, 258 males born outside the British Empire, 204 females born outside the British Empire, 189 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 143 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 539 persons of other European origin, 499 persons of British origin (English), 227 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 224 persons of Scandinavian origin, 132 persons of British origin (Irish), 50 persons of French origin, 47 persons of German origin, 24 persons of Austrian origin, 18 persons of Dutch origin, 14 persons of Russian origin, 6 persons of Polish origin, 6 persons of Ukrainian origin, 1 persons of British origin (other). 15 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 589 Roman Catholics, 348 Anglicans (Church of England), 323 Presbyterians, 292 Lutherans, 158 Methodists, 34 Baptists, 32 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 15 Jews, 9 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 1 Adventists, 1 Mormons (Latter-day Saints). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: SK180002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_SK180002 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
Wikidata: Q6385871
Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural_Municipality_of_Kellross_No._247

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). "247. Kelross, Saskatchewan (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/sk/247-kelross-sk180002-1921/.