339. Ayr, Saskatchewan (1921 census)
339. Ayr was a census subdivision in Saskatchewan, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 1,589. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q6529010. The administrative centroid was at approximately 52.012°N, 104.784°W.
Population
In 1921, 339. Ayr had a population of 1,589: 886 male and 703 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, 339. Ayr shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1921
The 1921 census recorded 35 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.
Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 1,589 total population, 886 males in the population, 703 females in the population, 473 males born in Canada, 414 females born in Canada, 341 males born outside the British Empire, 231 females born outside the British Empire, 72 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 58 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)
Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 478 persons of German origin, 259 persons of British origin (English), 243 persons of British origin (Irish), 234 persons of Scandinavian origin, 133 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 123 persons of Russian origin, 23 persons of Austrian origin, 23 persons of other European origin, 22 persons of French origin, 22 persons of Polish origin, 11 persons of Belgian origin, 11 persons of Dutch origin, 3 persons of British origin (other), 3 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 1 persons of Italian origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)
Religion (1921). This community's record includes 705 Roman Catholics, 389 Lutherans, 178 Presbyterians, 147 Methodists, 130 Anglicans (Church of England), 10 Baptists, 9 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 8 Congregationalists, 5 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 5 Mennonites, 3 adherents of Eastern religions. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
SK180016— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_SK180016— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q6529010
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural_Municipality_of_Leroy_No._339
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). "339. Ayr, Saskatchewan (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/sk/339-ayr-sk180016-1921/.