39. The Gap, Saskatchewan (1921 census)

39. The Gap was a census subdivision in Saskatchewan, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 1,283. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7735794. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.391°N, 104.629°W.

Population

In 1921, 39. The Gap had a population of 1,283: 725 male and 558 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 217 townships, 1911 (4.3% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, 39. The Gap shared boundaries with:

• 38. Laurier
• 40. Bengough
• 68. Brokenshell
• 69. Norton
• 9. Surprise Valley
• Ceylon, VL

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 34 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 1,283 total population, 725 males in the population, 558 females in the population, 392 males born in Canada, 329 females born in Canada, 269 males born outside the British Empire, 170 females born outside the British Empire, 64 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 59 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 283 persons of British origin (Irish), 268 persons of British origin (English), 184 persons of French origin, 183 persons of Scandinavian origin, 129 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 97 persons of German origin, 52 persons of Belgian origin, 34 persons of other European origin, 21 persons of Russian origin, 17 persons of Austrian origin, 12 persons of Dutch origin, 2 persons of British origin (other), 1 persons of Syrian origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 438 Roman Catholics, 209 Lutherans, 194 Methodists, 178 Anglicans (Church of England), 135 Presbyterians, 73 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 19 Baptists, 16 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 8 Adventists, 6 Mennonites, 4 Disciples of Christ, 3 Congregationalists. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: SK172009 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_SK172009 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q7735794
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural_Municipality_of_The_Gap_No._39

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). "39. The Gap, Saskatchewan (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/sk/39-the-gap-sk172009-1921/.