280. Wreford, Saskatchewan (1921 census)

Name: 280. Wreford (1921)
Address: Saskatchewan, CA

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.

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:

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 40 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 1,652 total population, 937 males in the population, 715 females in the population, 518 males born in Canada, 433 females born in Canada, 292 males born outside the British Empire, 195 females born outside the British Empire, 127 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 87 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 414 persons of British origin (English), 328 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 263 persons of British origin (Irish), 262 persons of Scandinavian origin, 141 persons of German origin, 83 persons of Russian origin, 67 persons of Polish origin, 24 persons of French origin, 22 persons of Ukrainian origin, 20 persons of Dutch origin, 13 persons of other European origin, 8 persons of Austrian origin, 1 persons of British origin (other), 1 persons of Italian origin. 1 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 410 Presbyterians, 314 Methodists, 294 Lutherans, 233 Anglicans (Church of England), 159 Baptists, 119 Roman Catholics, 42 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 35 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 15 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 13 Salvation Army adherents, 6 Mennonites, 5 members of the Evangelical Association, 4 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 2 Brethren, 2 Congregationalists, 2 Protestants (general / no denomination specified). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

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/.