461. Prince Albert, Saskatchewan (1921 census)

461. Prince Albert was a census subdivision in Saskatchewan, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 1,861. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3403305. The administrative centroid was at approximately 53.110°N, 105.657°W.

Population

In 1921, 461. Prince Albert had a population of 1,861: 1,041 male and 820 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 (5.9% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, 461. Prince Albert shared boundaries with:

• 431. St. Louis
• 459. Weldon
• 460. Birch Hills
• 463. Duck Lake
• 490. Russia
• 491. Buckland
• Indian reserves
• Prince Albert, C

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 38 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 1,861 total population, 1,041 males in the population, 820 females in the population, 691 males born in Canada, 580 females born in Canada, 226 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 135 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 124 males born outside the British Empire, 105 females born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 779 persons of British origin (English), 606 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 180 persons of British origin (Irish), 70 persons of other European origin, 60 persons of French origin, 47 persons of German origin, 44 persons of Scandinavian origin, 27 persons of Austrian origin, 21 persons of Polish origin, 7 persons of Russian origin, 6 persons of Ukrainian origin, 5 persons of British origin (other), 3 persons of Italian origin, 1 persons of Belgian origin, 1 persons of Finnish origin, 1 persons of Syrian origin. 1 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 806 Anglicans (Church of England), 604 Presbyterians, 180 Methodists, 147 Roman Catholics, 55 Baptists, 43 Lutherans, 21 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 2 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 2 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 1 adherents of Eastern religions, 1 Mormons (Latter-day Saints), 1 Protestants (general / no denomination specified). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: SK185018 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_SK185018 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3403305
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural_Municipality_of_Prince_Albert_No._461
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Albert_No_461

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). "461. Prince Albert, Saskatchewan (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/sk/461-prince-albert-sk185018-1921/.