69. Norton, Saskatchewan (1921 census)

Name: 69. Norton (1921)
Address: Saskatchewan, CA

69. Norton was a census subdivision in Saskatchewan, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 1,712. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7060663. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.654°N, 104.649°W.

Population

In 1921, 69. Norton had a population of 1,712: 974 male and 738 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 217 townships, 1911 (4.3% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, 69. Norton shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 41 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 1,712 total population, 974 males in the population, 738 females in the population, 597 males born in Canada, 475 females born in Canada, 264 males born outside the British Empire, 193 females born outside the British Empire, 113 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 70 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 416 persons of British origin (English), 376 persons of British origin (Irish), 276 persons of German origin, 189 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 138 persons of other European origin, 129 persons of Scandinavian origin, 59 persons of French origin, 34 persons of Dutch origin, 31 persons of Austrian origin, 20 persons of British origin (other), 18 persons of Polish origin, 9 persons of Russian origin, 4 persons of Italian origin, 4 persons of Ukrainian origin, 1 persons of Belgian origin. 3 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. 2 persons recorded under the 1921 official census category "Hebrew" (origin/ethnicity); now described as Jewish origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 437 Methodists, 352 Roman Catholics, 329 Presbyterians, 212 Anglicans (Church of England), 142 Lutherans, 122 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 90 Baptists, 8 Adventists, 6 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 4 members of the Evangelical Association, 4 Mormons (Latter-day Saints), 3 Brethren, 3 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 2 Jews, 1 Salvation Army adherents. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: SK172014 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_SK172014 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
Wikidata: Q7060663
Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural_Municipality_of_Norton_No._69

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). "69. Norton, Saskatchewan (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/sk/69-norton-sk172014-1921/.