251. Big Arm, Saskatchewan (1921 census)

Name: 251. Big Arm (1921)
Address: Saskatchewan, CA

251. Big Arm was a census subdivision in Saskatchewan, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 1,556. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q4904950. The administrative centroid was at approximately 51.230°N, 105.454°W.

Population

In 1921, 251. Big Arm had a population of 1,556: 905 male and 651 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 (2.7% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, 251. Big Arm shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 37 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 1,556 total population, 905 males in the population, 651 females in the population, 536 males born in Canada, 404 females born in Canada, 256 males born outside the British Empire, 172 females born outside the British Empire, 113 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 75 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 753 persons of British origin (Irish), 284 persons of British origin (English), 193 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 106 persons of German origin, 94 persons of Scandinavian origin, 44 persons of French origin, 27 persons of Belgian origin, 18 persons of Russian origin, 14 persons of Dutch origin, 4 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 4 persons of Italian origin, 4 persons of other European origin, 2 persons of Austrian origin, 2 persons of Polish origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 633 Methodists, 429 Presbyterians, 149 Roman Catholics, 140 Anglicans (Church of England), 105 Lutherans, 50 Baptists, 19 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 11 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 7 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 5 Mormons (Latter-day Saints), 4 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 2 Congregationalists, 1 Adventists, 1 Mennonites. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: SK181002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_SK181002 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
Wikidata: Q4904950
Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural_Municipality_of_Big_Arm_No._251

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). "251. Big Arm, Saskatchewan (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/sk/251-big-arm-sk181002-1921/.