342. Colonsay, Saskatchewan (1921 census)
342. Colonsay was a census subdivision in Saskatchewan, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 1,495. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q5148474. The administrative centroid was at approximately 52.009°N, 105.855°W.
Population
In 1921, 342. Colonsay had a population of 1,495: 839 male and 656 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 (1.9% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921
In the 1921 census, 342. Colonsay shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1921
The 1921 census recorded 32 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.
Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 1,495 total population, 839 males in the population, 656 females in the population, 443 males born in Canada, 390 females born in Canada, 262 males born outside the British Empire, 186 females born outside the British Empire, 134 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 80 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)
Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 502 persons of British origin (English), 277 persons of Austrian origin, 163 persons of Scandinavian origin, 152 persons of Russian origin, 103 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 103 persons of Ukrainian origin, 52 persons of German origin, 47 persons of British origin (Irish), 42 persons of French origin, 21 persons of other European origin, 19 persons of British origin (other), 7 persons of Polish origin, 4 persons of Belgian origin, 2 persons of Dutch origin, 1 persons of Italian origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)
Religion (1921). This community's record includes 337 Roman Catholics, 283 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 271 Anglicans (Church of England), 252 Methodists, 178 Lutherans, 151 Presbyterians, 18 Baptists, 5 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
SK181017— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_SK181017— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q5148474
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural_Municipality_of_Colonsay_No._342
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). "342. Colonsay, Saskatchewan (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/sk/342-colonsay-sk181017-1921/.