428. Star City, Saskatchewan (1921 census)

Name: 428. Star City (1921)
Address: Saskatchewan, CA

428. Star City was a city in Saskatchewan, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 2,306. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7600671. The administrative centroid was at approximately 52.798°N, 104.398°W.

Population

In 1921, 428. Star City had a population of 2,306: 1,325 male and 981 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 210 townships, 1911 (4.7% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, 428. Star City shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 42 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 2,306 total population, 1,325 males in the population, 981 females in the population, 887 males born in Canada, 679 females born in Canada, 313 males born outside the British Empire, 215 females born outside the British Empire, 125 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 87 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 688 persons of British origin (English), 535 persons of British origin (Irish), 394 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 241 persons of Scandinavian origin, 225 persons of German origin, 84 persons of Austrian origin, 65 persons of French origin, 19 persons of other European origin, 17 persons of Dutch origin, 14 persons of Russian origin, 11 persons of British origin (other), 4 persons of Italian origin, 3 persons of Polish origin, 2 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin. 1 persons recorded under the 1911/1921 official census category "Negro"; refers to people of African descent. Term is now considered offensive and is preserved here only as the historical source label. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 564 Presbyterians, 533 Methodists, 491 Anglicans (Church of England), 287 Lutherans, 149 Roman Catholics, 74 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 62 Baptists, 53 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 25 Congregationalists, 20 Adventists, 12 members of the Evangelical Association, 11 Mennonites, 8 Mormons (Latter-day Saints), 6 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 5 Salvation Army adherents, 4 adherents of Eastern religions, 3 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 2 Brethren. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: SK184020 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_SK184020 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
Wikidata: Q7600671
Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural_Municipality_of_Star_City_No._428

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). "428. Star City, Saskatchewan (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/sk/428-star-city-sk184020-1921/.