35. Benson, Saskatchewan (1921 census)
35. Benson was a census subdivision in Saskatchewan, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 1,590. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q4890273. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.392°N, 103.014°W.
Population
In 1921, 35. Benson had a population of 1,590: 858 male and 732 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 209 townships, 1911 (4.5% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921
In the 1921 census, 35. Benson 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 1,590 total population, 858 males in the population, 732 females in the population, 480 males born in Canada, 466 females born in Canada, 320 males born outside the British Empire, 219 females born outside the British Empire, 58 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 47 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)
Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 314 persons of Russian origin, 269 persons of British origin (English), 197 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 187 persons of British origin (Irish), 162 persons of French origin, 141 persons of Scandinavian origin, 131 persons of German origin, 105 persons of Belgian origin, 35 persons of Polish origin, 26 persons of other European origin, 8 persons of Austrian origin, 7 persons of Dutch origin, 5 persons of Ukrainian origin, 3 persons of British origin (other). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)
Religion (1921). This community's record includes 629 Roman Catholics, 283 Lutherans, 264 Presbyterians, 192 Methodists, 128 Anglicans (Church of England), 72 Baptists, 6 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 6 members of the Evangelical Association, 4 Congregationalists, 4 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 1 Brethren, 1 Christians (general / no denomination specified). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
SK171010— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_SK171010— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q4890273
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural_Municipality_of_Benson_No._35
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). "35. Benson, Saskatchewan (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/sk/35-benson-sk171010-1921/.