259. Snipe-Lake, Saskatchewan (1921 census)
259. Snipe-Lake was a census subdivision in Saskatchewan, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 1,538. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7547791. The administrative centroid was at approximately 51.157°N, 108.724°W.
Population
In 1921, 259. Snipe-Lake had a population of 1,538: 945 male and 593 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 (1.6% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921
In the 1921 census, 259. Snipe-Lake shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1921
The 1921 census recorded 38 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.
Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 1,538 total population, 945 males in the population, 593 females in the population, 503 males born in Canada, 367 females born in Canada, 271 males born outside the British Empire, 171 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 136 females born outside the British Empire, 90 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)
Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 416 persons of British origin (English), 371 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 364 persons of British origin (Irish), 152 persons of German origin, 84 persons of Scandinavian origin, 53 persons of French origin, 47 persons of Russian origin, 15 persons of British origin (other), 11 persons of Belgian origin, 9 persons of Dutch origin, 9 persons of other European origin, 4 persons of Polish origin, 2 persons of Austrian origin, 1 persons of Italian origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)
Religion (1921). This community's record includes 480 Presbyterians, 431 Methodists, 223 Anglicans (Church of England), 169 Roman Catholics, 99 Lutherans, 57 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 37 Baptists, 18 members of the Evangelical Association, 11 Congregationalists, 5 Brethren, 4 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 1 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 1 Mennonites, 1 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 1 Protestants (general / no denomination specified). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
SK178021— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_SK178021— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q7547791
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural_Municipality_of_Snipe_Lake_No._259
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). "259. Snipe-Lake, Saskatchewan (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/sk/259-snipe-lake-sk178021-1921/.