281. Wood Creek, Saskatchewan (1921 census)
281. Wood Creek was a census subdivision in Saskatchewan, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 1,598. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q14875021. The administrative centroid was at approximately 51.489°N, 105.593°W.
Population
In 1921, 281. Wood Creek had a population of 1,598: 947 male and 651 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, 281. Wood Creek shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1921
The 1921 census recorded 42 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.
Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 1,598 total population, 947 males in the population, 651 females in the population, 486 males born in Canada, 354 females born in Canada, 268 males born outside the British Empire, 193 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 174 females born outside the British Empire, 123 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)
Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 540 persons of British origin (English), 314 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 243 persons of British origin (Irish), 209 persons of Scandinavian origin, 102 persons of German origin, 88 persons of French origin, 23 persons of Russian origin, 17 persons of British origin (other), 12 persons of Dutch origin, 11 persons of other European origin, 6 persons of Polish origin, 5 persons of Ukrainian origin, 3 persons of Austrian origin, 1 persons of Belgian origin, 1 persons of Finnish origin, 1 persons of Greek origin, 1 persons of Italian origin. 21 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 504 Presbyterians, 306 Anglicans (Church of England), 275 Lutherans, 226 Methodists, 178 Roman Catholics, 54 Baptists, 16 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 11 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 10 Adventists, 9 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 3 Mennonites, 2 Congregationalists, 2 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 1 Mormons (Latter-day Saints), 1 Salvation Army adherents. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
SK181007— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_SK181007— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q14875021
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural_Municipality_of_Wood_Creek_No._281
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). "281. Wood Creek, Saskatchewan (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/sk/281-wood-creek-sk181007-1921/.