255. Coteau, Saskatchewan (1921 census)

Name: 255. Coteau (1921)
Address: Saskatchewan, CA

255. Coteau was a census subdivision in Saskatchewan, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 1,561. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q5175323. The administrative centroid was at approximately 51.134°N, 107.010°W.

Population

In 1921, 255. Coteau had a population of 1,561: 905 male and 656 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 870 townships, 1911 (1.2% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, 255. Coteau shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 35 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 1,561 total population, 905 males in the population, 656 females in the population, 462 males born in Canada, 356 females born in Canada, 309 males born outside the British Empire, 211 females born outside the British Empire, 134 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 89 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 436 persons of British origin (English), 349 persons of Finnish origin, 294 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 141 persons of Scandinavian origin, 117 persons of British origin (Irish), 86 persons of German origin, 35 persons of Dutch origin, 29 persons of Austrian origin, 23 persons of French origin, 18 persons of other European origin, 13 persons of Belgian origin, 9 persons of Russian origin, 6 persons of British origin (other), 3 persons of Italian origin, 2 persons of Ukrainian origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 469 Lutherans, 386 Presbyterians, 218 Anglicans (Church of England), 194 Methodists, 86 Roman Catholics, 81 Adventists, 54 Baptists, 35 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 26 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 10 Mormons (Latter-day Saints), 2 members of the Evangelical Association. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: SK177022 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_SK177022 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
Wikidata: Q5175323
Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural_Municipality_of_Coteau_No._255

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). "255. Coteau, Saskatchewan (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/sk/255-coteau-sk177022-1921/.