36. Cymri, Saskatchewan (1921 census)

36. Cymri was a census subdivision in Saskatchewan, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 1,349. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q5199852. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.392°N, 103.417°W.

Population

In 1921, 36. Cymri had a population of 1,349: 750 male and 599 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 (4.4% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, 36. Cymri shared boundaries with:

• 35. Benson
• 37. Lomond
• 6. Cambria
• 65. Tecumseh
• 66. Griffin
• Halbrite, VL
• Macoun, VL
• Midale, VL

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 1,349 total population, 750 males in the population, 599 females in the population, 406 males born outside the British Empire, 314 males born in Canada, 290 females born in Canada, 288 females born outside the British Empire, 30 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 21 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 516 persons of Scandinavian origin, 223 persons of German origin, 193 persons of British origin (English), 130 persons of British origin (Irish), 120 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 41 persons of French origin, 39 persons of Dutch origin, 27 persons of other European origin, 13 persons of Austrian origin, 13 persons of British origin (other), 13 persons of Russian origin, 10 persons of Belgian origin, 6 persons of Ukrainian origin, 4 persons of Polish origin, 1 persons of Finnish origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 439 Lutherans, 228 Methodists, 219 Presbyterians, 204 Roman Catholics, 139 Baptists, 83 Anglicans (Church of England), 16 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 7 Salvation Army adherents, 5 Mennonites, 3 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 2 Congregationalists, 2 Mormons (Latter-day Saints), 2 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: SK172006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_SK172006 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q5199852
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural_Municipality_of_Cymri_No._36
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cymri_No_36

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). "36. Cymri, Saskatchewan (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/sk/36-cymri-sk172006-1921/.