469. Turtle River, Saskatchewan (1921 census)
469. Turtle River was a census subdivision in Saskatchewan, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 1,372. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7856447. The administrative centroid was at approximately 53.156°N, 108.802°W.
Population
In 1921, 469. Turtle River had a population of 1,372: 729 male and 643 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, 469. Turtle River shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1921
The 1921 census recorded 31 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.
Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 1,372 total population, 729 males in the population, 643 females in the population, 430 females born in Canada, 425 males born in Canada, 205 males born outside the British Empire, 139 females born outside the British Empire, 99 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 74 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)
Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 430 persons of French origin, 315 persons of British origin (English), 198 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 181 persons of Dutch origin, 70 persons of British origin (Irish), 70 persons of German origin, 70 persons of Scandinavian origin, 13 persons of Belgian origin, 11 persons of British origin (other), 8 persons of Austrian origin, 3 persons of Italian origin, 2 persons of Polish origin, 1 persons of Finnish origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)
Religion (1921). This community's record includes 551 Roman Catholics, 408 Presbyterians, 233 Anglicans (Church of England), 60 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 52 Lutherans, 49 Methodists, 11 Baptists, 7 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 1 Congregationalists. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
SK187002— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_SK187002— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q7856447
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural_Municipality_of_Turtle_River_No._469
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). "469. Turtle River, Saskatchewan (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/sk/469-turtle-river-sk187002-1921/.