261. Royal Canadian, Saskatchewan (1921 census)
261. Royal Canadian was a census subdivision in Saskatchewan, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 1,086. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q5093816. The administrative centroid was at approximately 51.166°N, 109.500°W.
Population
In 1921, 261. Royal Canadian had a population of 1,086: 614 male and 472 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 (1.0% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921
In the 1921 census, 261. Royal Canadian 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 1,086 total population, 614 males in the population, 472 females in the population, 356 males born in Canada, 306 females born in Canada, 167 males born outside the British Empire, 116 females born outside the British Empire, 91 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 50 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)
Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 315 persons of British origin (English), 191 persons of German origin, 162 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 141 persons of British origin (Irish), 94 persons of Russian origin, 90 persons of Austrian origin, 30 persons of French origin, 30 persons of Scandinavian origin, 16 persons of other European origin, 5 persons of Dutch origin, 4 persons of Syrian origin, 2 persons of British origin (other), 2 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin. 3 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). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)
Religion (1921). This community's record includes 333 Lutherans, 227 Presbyterians, 173 Anglicans (Church of England), 167 Methodists, 86 Roman Catholics, 29 Baptists, 26 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 15 Congregationalists, 11 Adventists, 10 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 4 Disciples of Christ, 4 Salvation Army adherents, 1 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
SK178023— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_SK178023— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q5093816
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural_Municipality_of_Chesterfield_No._261
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). "261. Royal Canadian, Saskatchewan (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/sk/261-royal-canadian-sk178023-1921/.