494. Canwood, Saskatchewan (1921 census)

494. Canwood was a census subdivision in Saskatchewan, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 1,760. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q5034157. The administrative centroid was at approximately 53.319°N, 106.638°W.

Population

In 1921, 494. Canwood had a population of 1,760: 996 male and 764 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 (3.9% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, 494. Canwood shared boundaries with:

• 464. Leask
• 493. Rozilee
• 495. Shell River
• 524. T. 52-54, R. 4-6, W. 3
• Canwood, VL
• Indian reserves

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 32 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 1,760 total population, 996 males in the population, 764 females in the population, 481 males born outside the British Empire, 416 males born in Canada, 363 females born in Canada, 319 females born outside the British Empire, 99 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 82 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 940 persons of Scandinavian origin, 327 persons of British origin (English), 163 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 128 persons of British origin (Irish), 61 persons of French origin, 47 persons of German origin, 36 persons of Dutch origin, 21 persons of Finnish origin, 8 persons of Austrian origin, 8 persons of British origin (other), 6 persons of Italian origin, 6 persons of Polish origin, 5 persons of other European origin, 4 persons of Belgian origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 911 Lutherans, 251 Anglicans (Church of England), 246 Presbyterians, 137 Methodists, 78 Roman Catholics, 70 Baptists, 41 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 25 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 1 Christians (general / no denomination specified). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: SK186012 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_SK186012 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q5034157
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural_Municipality_of_Canwood_No._494

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). "494. Canwood, Saskatchewan (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/sk/494-canwood-sk186012-1921/.