472. Wilton, Saskatchewan (1921 census)

Name: 472. Wilton (1921)
Address: Saskatchewan, CA

472. Wilton was a census subdivision in Saskatchewan, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 1,470. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q8023392. The administrative centroid was at approximately 53.125°N, 109.790°W.

Population

In 1921, 472. Wilton had a population of 1,470: 854 male and 616 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 (2.7% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, 472. Wilton shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 36 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 1,470 total population, 854 males in the population, 616 females in the population, 382 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 376 males born in Canada, 297 females born in Canada, 255 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 96 males born outside the British Empire, 64 females born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 896 persons of British origin (English), 223 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 206 persons of British origin (Irish), 51 persons of Scandinavian origin, 27 persons of German origin, 17 persons of French origin, 12 persons of British origin (other), 12 persons of Russian origin, 6 persons of Dutch origin, 3 persons of other European origin, 1 persons of Finnish origin, 1 persons of Ukrainian origin. 14 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 746 Anglicans (Church of England), 271 Presbyterians, 208 Methodists, 84 Baptists, 67 Roman Catholics, 51 Lutherans, 14 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 12 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 9 Congregationalists, 3 Brethren, 2 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 2 Salvation Army adherents, 1 members of the Evangelical Association, 1 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: SK187005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_SK187005 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
Wikidata: Q8023392
Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural_Municipality_of_Wilton_No._472

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). "472. Wilton, Saskatchewan (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/sk/472-wilton-sk187005-1921/.