280. Wreford, Saskatchewan (1921 census)
280. Wreford was a census subdivision in Saskatchewan, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 1,652. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q8037718. The administrative centroid was at approximately 51.489°N, 105.171°W.
Population
In 1921, 280. Wreford had a population of 1,652: 937 male and 715 female residents. Population density was 5.1 people per square mile.
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 (2.9% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921
In the 1921 census, 280. Wreford shared boundaries with:
- 250. Last Mountain Valley
- 251. Big Arm
- 279. Mount Hope
- 281. Wood Creek
- 309. Prairie Rose
- 310. Usborne
- Nokomis, T-V
- Venn, VL
Full census record, 1921
The 1921 census recorded 40 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 2 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| POP F | 715 |
| POP M | 937 |
| POP TOT | 1,652 |
Other recorded variables (37 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| ANGLICANS | 233 |
| BAPTISTS | 159 |
| BRETHREN | 2 |
| BRIT BORN F | 87 |
| BRIT BORN M | 127 |
| BRIT ENG | 414 |
| BRIT IRISH | 263 |
| BRIT OTHER | 1 |
| BRIT SCOTCH | 328 |
| CAN BORN F | 433 |
| CAN BORN M | 518 |
| CHRISTIANS | 42 |
| CONGREGATIONALISTS | 2 |
| EUR AUSTRIAN | 8 |
| EUR DUTCH | 20 |
| EUR FRENCH | 24 |
| EUR GERMAN | 141 |
| EUR ITALIAN | 1 |
| EUR OTHER | 13 |
| EUR POLISH | 67 |
| EUR RUSSIAN | 83 |
| EUR SCANDINAVIAN | 262 |
| EUR UKRAINIAN | 22 |
| EVANGELICAL ASSOCIATION | 5 |
| FOREIGN BORN F | 195 |
| FOREIGN BORN M | 292 |
| GREEK CHURCH | 35 |
| INDIAN | 1 |
| LUTHERANS | 294 |
| MENNONITES | 6 |
| METHODISTS | 314 |
| OTHER SECTS | 15 |
| PRESBYTERIANS | 410 |
| PROTESTANTS | 2 |
| ROMAN CATHOLICS | 119 |
| SALVATION ARMY | 13 |
| UNSPECIFIED | 4 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
SK181006— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_SK181006— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q8037718
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural_Municipality_of_Wreford_No._280
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). "280. Wreford, Saskatchewan (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/sk/280-wreford-sk181006-1921/.