308. Big Quill, Saskatchewan (1921 census)

Name: 308. Big Quill (1921)
Address: Saskatchewan, CA

308. Big Quill was a census subdivision in Saskatchewan, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 1,689. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q4906155. The administrative centroid was at approximately 51.718°N, 104.347°W.

Population

In 1921, 308. Big Quill had a population of 1,689: 956 male and 733 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 (3.6% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, 308. Big Quill shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 37 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 1,689 total population, 956 males in the population, 733 females in the population, 459 males born in Canada, 386 females born in Canada, 384 males born outside the British Empire, 276 females born outside the British Empire, 113 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 71 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 838 persons of Scandinavian origin, 290 persons of British origin (English), 142 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 90 persons of British origin (Irish), 70 persons of Austrian origin, 49 persons of German origin, 49 persons of Russian origin, 48 persons of French origin, 40 persons of Ukrainian origin, 23 persons of Polish origin, 12 persons of Dutch origin, 12 persons of Syrian origin, 8 persons of other European origin, 5 persons of British origin (other), 5 persons of Finnish origin. 5 persons recorded under the 1921 official census category "Hebrew" (origin/ethnicity); now described as Jewish origin. 2 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 891 Lutherans, 209 Presbyterians, 174 Roman Catholics, 169 Anglicans (Church of England), 127 Methodists, 80 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 23 Baptists, 5 Jews, 2 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 1 Adventists, 1 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: SK180011 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_SK180011 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
Wikidata: Q4906155
Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural_Municipality_of_Big_Quill_No._308

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). "308. Big Quill, Saskatchewan (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/sk/308-big-quill-sk180011-1921/.