254. Loreburn, Saskatchewan (1921 census)

Name: 254. Loreburn (1921)
Address: Saskatchewan, CA

254. Loreburn was a census subdivision in Saskatchewan, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 2,406. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q6680280. The administrative centroid was at approximately 51.274°N, 106.626°W.

Population

In 1921, 254. Loreburn had a population of 2,406: 1,346 male and 1,060 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 (6.0% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, 254. Loreburn shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 41 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 2,406 total population, 1,346 males in the population, 1,060 females in the population, 787 males born in Canada, 662 females born in Canada, 417 males born outside the British Empire, 323 females born outside the British Empire, 142 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 715 persons of British origin (English), 591 persons of Scandinavian origin, 344 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 304 persons of British origin (Irish), 185 persons of German origin, 44 persons of Russian origin, 40 persons of Finnish origin, 35 persons of Austrian origin, 33 persons of other European origin, 30 persons of Dutch origin, 24 persons of French origin, 17 persons of Belgian origin, 17 persons of Polish origin, 6 persons of British origin (other), 2 persons of Italian origin, 1 persons of Ukrainian origin. 6 persons recorded under the official census category "Indian"; corresponds to what is now described as Indigenous (First Nations; in northern enumerations also Inuit) origin. "Indian" was simultaneously a census category and the legal/administrative term under the Indian Act (1876). 1 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 774 Lutherans, 645 Presbyterians, 396 Methodists, 233 Anglicans (Church of England), 150 Roman Catholics, 125 Baptists, 31 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 23 Adventists, 13 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 11 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 8 Disciples of Christ, 6 Congregationalists, 1 Jews, 1 Protestants (general / no denomination specified). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: SK181005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_SK181005 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
Wikidata: Q6680280
Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural_Municipality_of_Loreburn_No._254

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). "254. Loreburn, Saskatchewan (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/sk/254-loreburn-sk181005-1921/.