77. Wise Creek, Saskatchewan (1921 census)

Name: 77. Wise Creek (1921)
Address: Saskatchewan, CA

77. Wise Creek was a census subdivision in Saskatchewan, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 1,175. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q8027444. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.654°N, 107.834°W.

Population

In 1921, 77. Wise Creek had a population of 1,175: 663 male and 512 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 (1.1% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, 77. Wise Creek 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 1,175 total population, 663 males in the population, 512 females in the population, 321 males born in Canada, 305 females born in Canada, 287 males born outside the British Empire, 180 females born outside the British Empire, 55 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 27 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 318 persons of Scandinavian origin, 232 persons of French origin, 216 persons of British origin (English), 212 persons of British origin (Irish), 105 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 29 persons of German origin, 24 persons of Austrian origin, 13 persons of Dutch origin, 6 persons of British origin (other), 5 persons of Belgian origin, 5 persons of Russian origin, 3 persons of other European origin, 3 persons of Syrian 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 338 Lutherans, 310 Roman Catholics, 200 Presbyterians, 153 Methodists, 107 Anglicans (Church of England), 29 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 12 Baptists, 8 Mennonites, 6 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 3 Mormons (Latter-day Saints), 3 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 3 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 2 Congregationalists. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: SK174013 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_SK174013 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
Wikidata: Q8027444
Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural_Municipality_of_Wise_Creek_No._77

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). "77. Wise Creek, Saskatchewan (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/sk/77-wise-creek-sk174013-1921/.