42. Willow Bunch, Saskatchewan (1921 census)

Name: 42. Willow Bunch (1921)
Address: Saskatchewan, CA

42. Willow Bunch was a census subdivision in Saskatchewan, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 2,402. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q8022273. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.385°N, 105.742°W.

Population

In 1921, 42. Willow Bunch had a population of 2,402: 1,306 male and 1,096 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 870 townships, 1911 (1.3% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, 42. Willow Bunch shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 40 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 2,402 total population, 1,306 males in the population, 1,096 females in the population, 961 males born in Canada, 838 females born in Canada, 279 males born outside the British Empire, 213 females born outside the British Empire, 66 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 45 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 1,303 persons of French origin, 261 persons of British origin (English), 234 persons of Scandinavian origin, 176 persons of British origin (Irish), 94 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 61 persons of German origin, 54 persons of Russian origin, 33 persons of other European origin, 30 persons of Dutch origin, 20 persons of Belgian origin, 17 persons of Ukrainian origin, 7 persons of Polish origin, 1 persons of Austrian origin, 1 persons of British origin (other), 1 persons of Finnish origin, 1 persons of Italian origin. 108 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 1,573 Roman Catholics, 252 Lutherans, 224 Presbyterians, 142 Methodists, 103 Anglicans (Church of England), 54 Baptists, 26 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 13 Brethren, 6 Mormons (Latter-day Saints), 5 Congregationalists, 1 Adventists, 1 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 1 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 1 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: SK173007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_SK173007 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
Wikidata: Q8022273
Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural_Municipality_of_Willow_Bunch_No._42

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). "42. Willow Bunch, Saskatchewan (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/sk/42-willow-bunch-sk173007-1921/.