347. Biggar, Saskatchewan (1921 census)

Name: 347. Biggar (1921)
Address: Saskatchewan, CA

347. Biggar was a census subdivision in Saskatchewan, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 2,123. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q4906872. The administrative centroid was at approximately 52.056°N, 107.928°W.

Population

In 1921, 347. Biggar had a population of 2,123: 1,182 male and 941 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 423 townships, 1911 (3.0% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, 347. Biggar shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 39 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 2,123 total population, 1,182 males in the population, 941 females in the population, 656 males born in Canada, 570 females born in Canada, 298 males born outside the British Empire, 228 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 221 females born outside the British Empire, 150 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 804 persons of British origin (English), 400 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 289 persons of British origin (Irish), 220 persons of Russian origin, 107 persons of French origin, 87 persons of German origin, 87 persons of Scandinavian origin, 42 persons of Austrian origin, 38 persons of British origin (other), 21 persons of other European origin, 11 persons of Polish origin, 8 persons of Dutch origin, 6 persons of Italian origin, 1 persons of Greek origin. 1 persons recorded under the 1911/1921 official census category "Negro"; refers to people of African descent. Term is now considered offensive and is preserved here only as the historical source label. 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 559 Presbyterians, 456 Methodists, 378 Anglicans (Church of England), 290 Roman Catholics, 166 Lutherans, 103 Baptists, 70 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 55 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 24 Adventists, 8 Congregationalists, 6 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 6 Mennonites, 1 Mormons (Latter-day Saints), 1 Protestants (general / no denomination specified). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: SK182011 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_SK182011 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
Wikidata: Q4906872
Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural_Municipality_of_Biggar_No._347

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). "347. Biggar, Saskatchewan (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/sk/347-biggar-sk182011-1921/.