248. Touchwood, Saskatchewan (1921 census)
248. Touchwood was a census subdivision in Saskatchewan, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 1,906. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7828746. The administrative centroid was at approximately 51.223°N, 104.328°W.
Population
In 1921, 248. Touchwood had a population of 1,906: 1,060 male and 846 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 (2.4% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921
In the 1921 census, 248. Touchwood shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1921
The 1921 census recorded 33 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.
Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 1,906 total population, 1,060 males in the population, 846 females in the population, 512 males born in Canada, 466 males born outside the British Empire, 455 females born in Canada, 341 females born outside the British Empire, 82 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 50 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)
Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 909 persons of other European origin, 334 persons of German origin, 237 persons of British origin (English), 188 persons of Austrian origin, 73 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 48 persons of Scandinavian origin, 40 persons of British origin (Irish), 30 persons of Russian origin, 16 persons of Polish origin, 14 persons of French origin, 5 persons of British origin (other), 4 persons of Ukrainian origin, 2 persons of Belgian origin. 6 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 1,234 Roman Catholics, 207 Anglicans (Church of England), 174 Lutherans, 93 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 87 Methodists, 72 Presbyterians, 26 Baptists, 6 Brethren, 6 Jews, 1 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
SK180003— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_SK180003— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q7828746
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural_Municipality_of_Touchwood_No._248
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). "248. Touchwood, Saskatchewan (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/sk/248-touchwood-sk180003-1921/.