439. Cut Knife, Saskatchewan (1921 census)

Name: 439. Cut Knife (1921)
Address: Saskatchewan, CA

439. Cut Knife was a census subdivision in Saskatchewan, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 1,037. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q5196639. The administrative centroid was at approximately 52.774°N, 108.994°W.

Population

In 1921, 439. Cut Knife had a population of 1,037: 571 male and 466 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 (1.7% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, 439. Cut Knife shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 29 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 1,037 total population, 571 males in the population, 466 females in the population, 369 males born in Canada, 331 females born in Canada, 102 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 100 males born outside the British Empire, 70 females born outside the British Empire, 65 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 433 persons of British origin (English), 209 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 152 persons of British origin (Irish), 118 persons of French origin, 56 persons of German origin, 34 persons of Scandinavian origin, 18 persons of Austrian origin, 7 persons of other European origin, 4 persons of British origin (other), 1 persons of Polish origin. 5 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 276 Anglicans (Church of England), 249 Methodists, 210 Presbyterians, 182 Roman Catholics, 57 Baptists, 46 Lutherans, 8 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 5 Brethren, 4 Salvation Army adherents. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: SK183020 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_SK183020 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
Wikidata: Q5196639
Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural_Municipality_of_Cut_Knife_No._439

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). "439. Cut Knife, Saskatchewan (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/sk/439-cut-knife-sk183020-1921/.