72. Lake of the Rivers, Saskatchewan (1921 census)
72. Lake of the Rivers was a census subdivision in Saskatchewan, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 1,739. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q6478658. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.654°N, 105.835°W.
Population
In 1921, 72. Lake of the Rivers had a population of 1,739: 993 male and 746 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 (0.9% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921
In the 1921 census, 72. Lake of the Rivers shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1921
The 1921 census recorded 37 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.
Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 1,739 total population, 993 males in the population, 746 females in the population, 555 males born in Canada, 431 females born in Canada, 277 males born outside the British Empire, 200 females born outside the British Empire, 161 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 115 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)
Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 534 persons of British origin (English), 349 persons of Scandinavian origin, 241 persons of British origin (Irish), 237 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 176 persons of French origin, 100 persons of German origin, 25 persons of Austrian origin, 20 persons of Dutch origin, 9 persons of Russian origin, 8 persons of Polish origin, 7 persons of other European origin, 3 persons of Ukrainian origin, 2 persons of Belgian origin, 2 persons of British origin (other), 1 persons of Italian origin. 24 persons recorded under the official census category "Indian"; corresponds to what is now described as Indigenous (First Nations; in northern enumerations also Inuit) origin. "Indian" was simultaneously a census category and the legal/administrative term under the Indian Act (1876). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)
Religion (1921). This community's record includes 387 Methodists, 369 Lutherans, 340 Presbyterians, 315 Roman Catholics, 198 Anglicans (Church of England), 80 Baptists, 28 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 8 Congregationalists, 8 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 4 Salvation Army adherents, 2 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 1 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
SK173013— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_SK173013— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q6478658
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural_Municipality_of_Lake_of_the_Rivers_No._72
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). "72. Lake of the Rivers, Saskatchewan (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/sk/72-lake-of-the-rivers-sk173013-1921/.