277. Emerald, Saskatchewan (1921 census)
277. Emerald was a census subdivision in Saskatchewan, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 2,380. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q5370468. The administrative centroid was at approximately 51.519°N, 103.917°W.
Population
In 1921, 277. Emerald had a population of 2,380: 1,277 male and 1,103 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 319 townships, 1911 (3.0% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921
In the 1921 census, 277. Emerald shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1921
The 1921 census recorded 34 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.
Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 2,380 total population, 1,277 males in the population, 1,103 females in the population, 763 males born in Canada, 710 females born in Canada, 378 males born outside the British Empire, 286 females born outside the British Empire, 136 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 107 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)
Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 690 persons of British origin (English), 615 persons of Ukrainian origin, 276 persons of Austrian origin, 212 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 188 persons of Polish origin, 148 persons of Scandinavian origin, 88 persons of French origin, 87 persons of British origin (Irish), 26 persons of German origin, 20 persons of Belgian origin, 11 persons of Syrian origin, 9 persons of Dutch origin, 8 persons of Russian origin, 2 persons of other European origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)
Religion (1921). This community's record includes 708 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 544 Roman Catholics, 407 Anglicans (Church of England), 354 Presbyterians, 156 Methodists, 153 Lutherans, 32 Baptists, 10 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 9 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 6 Salvation Army adherents, 1 Adventists. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
SK180006— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_SK180006— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q5370468
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural_Municipality_of_Emerald_No._277
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). "277. Emerald, Saskatchewan (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/sk/277-emerald-sk180006-1921/.