71. Excel, Saskatchewan (1921 census)

Name: 71. Excel (1921)
Address: Saskatchewan, CA

71. Excel was a census subdivision in Saskatchewan, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 2,227. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q5419404. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.601°N, 105.444°W.

Population

In 1921, 71. Excel had a population of 2,227: 1,244 male and 983 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 870 townships, 1911 (1.5% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, 71. Excel shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 40 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 2,227 total population, 1,244 males in the population, 983 females in the population, 642 males born in Canada, 526 females born in Canada, 466 males born outside the British Empire, 343 females born outside the British Empire, 136 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 114 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 477 persons of British origin (English), 412 persons of Scandinavian origin, 312 persons of British origin (Irish), 235 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 230 persons of German origin, 192 persons of Russian origin, 163 persons of other European origin, 90 persons of French origin, 57 persons of Austrian origin, 16 persons of Dutch origin, 14 persons of Polish origin, 8 persons of Belgian origin, 6 persons of other Asian origin, 5 persons of Ukrainian origin, 4 persons of British origin (other). 5 persons recorded under the 1921 official census category "Hebrew" (origin/ethnicity); now described as Jewish origin. 1 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 544 Lutherans, 347 Presbyterians, 310 Roman Catholics, 291 Methodists, 262 Anglicans (Church of England), 204 Baptists, 141 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 55 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 43 Mormons (Latter-day Saints), 13 Adventists, 10 members of the Evangelical Association, 5 Jews, 1 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 1 Congregationalists. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: SK173012 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_SK173012 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
Wikidata: Q5419404
Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural_Municipality_of_Excel_No._71

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). "71. Excel, Saskatchewan (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/sk/71-excel-sk173012-1921/.