253 Willner, Saskatchewan (1921 census)
253 Willner was a census subdivision in Saskatchewan, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 1,323. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q8022187. The administrative centroid was at approximately 51.228°N, 106.214°W.
Population
In 1921, 253 Willner had a population of 1,323: 797 male and 526 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 184 townships, 1911 (5.1% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921
In the 1921 census, 253 Willner shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1921
The 1921 census recorded 36 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.
Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 1,323 total population, 797 males in the population, 526 females in the population, 491 males born in Canada, 338 females born in Canada, 247 males born outside the British Empire, 145 females born outside the British Empire, 59 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 43 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)
Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 460 persons of British origin (English), 223 persons of British origin (Irish), 195 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 172 persons of German origin, 137 persons of Scandinavian origin, 41 persons of French origin, 30 persons of Dutch origin, 16 persons of Belgian origin, 14 persons of Austrian origin, 14 persons of Russian origin, 12 persons of Polish origin, 5 persons of British origin (other), 2 persons of other European origin, 1 persons of Italian origin, 1 persons of other Asian origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)
Religion (1921). This community's record includes 420 Presbyterians, 316 Methodists, 217 Lutherans, 137 Roman Catholics, 127 Anglicans (Church of England), 45 Baptists, 29 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 11 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 10 Congregationalists, 7 Adventists, 3 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 1 members of the Evangelical Association. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
SK181004— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_SK181004— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q8022187
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural_Municipality_of_Willner_No._253
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). "253 Willner, Saskatchewan (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/sk/253-willner-sk181004-1921/.