409. Buffalo, Saskatchewan (1921 census)

Name: 409. Buffalo (1921)
Address: Saskatchewan, CA

409. Buffalo was a census subdivision in Saskatchewan, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 1,373. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q4985800. The administrative centroid was at approximately 52.536°N, 108.810°W.

Population

In 1921, 409. Buffalo had a population of 1,373: 767 male and 606 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 (2.2% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, 409. Buffalo shared boundaries with:

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 1,373 total population, 767 males in the population, 606 females in the population, 509 males born in Canada, 416 females born in Canada, 135 males born outside the British Empire, 123 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 103 females born outside the British Empire, 87 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 473 persons of British origin (English), 338 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 332 persons of British origin (Irish), 77 persons of German origin, 73 persons of Scandinavian origin, 22 persons of Dutch origin, 21 persons of French origin, 11 persons of Russian origin, 10 persons of British origin (other), 7 persons of other European origin, 3 persons of Austrian origin, 2 persons of Polish origin, 1 persons of Syrian origin. 2 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 498 Presbyterians, 384 Methodists, 152 Anglicans (Church of England), 100 Baptists, 90 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 54 Roman Catholics, 52 Lutherans, 14 Salvation Army adherents, 8 Brethren, 8 Congregationalists, 7 Mormons (Latter-day Saints), 5 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 1 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 1 Protestants (general / no denomination specified). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: SK183017 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_SK183017 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
Wikidata: Q4985800
Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural_Municipality_of_Buffalo_No._409

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). "409. Buffalo, Saskatchewan (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/sk/409-buffalo-sk183017-1921/.