252. Arm River, Saskatchewan (1921 census)
252. Arm River was a census subdivision in Saskatchewan, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 1,223. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q4792463. The administrative centroid was at approximately 51.225°N, 105.823°W.
Population
In 1921, 252. Arm River had a population of 1,223: 708 male and 515 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 (2.5% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921
In the 1921 census, 252. Arm River 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 1,223 total population, 708 males in the population, 515 females in the population, 426 males born in Canada, 327 females born in Canada, 187 males born outside the British Empire, 117 females born outside the British Empire, 95 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 71 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)
Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 386 persons of British origin (English), 348 persons of British origin (Irish), 231 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 66 persons of German origin, 62 persons of Scandinavian origin, 55 persons of Belgian origin, 21 persons of French origin, 21 persons of other European origin, 10 persons of Austrian origin, 9 persons of Dutch origin, 8 persons of Russian origin, 4 persons of Polish origin, 1 persons of British origin (other). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)
Religion (1921). This community's record includes 404 Presbyterians, 383 Methodists, 155 Anglicans (Church of England), 92 Roman Catholics, 66 Lutherans, 56 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 19 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 15 Baptists, 9 Congregationalists, 5 members of the Evangelical Association, 1 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 1 Mennonites, 1 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 1 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 1 Salvation Army adherents. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
SK181003— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_SK181003— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q4792463
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural_Municipality_of_Arm_River_No._252
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). "252. Arm River, Saskatchewan (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/sk/252-arm-river-sk181003-1921/.