Canwood, VL, Saskatchewan (1921 census)
Canwood, VL was a village in Saskatchewan, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 158. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q1999491. The administrative centroid was at approximately 53.357°N, 106.606°W.
Population
In 1921, Canwood, VL had a population of 158: 92 male and 66 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 (0.0% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921
In the 1921 census, Canwood, VL shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1921
The 1921 census recorded 27 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.
Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 158 total population, 92 males in the population, 66 females in the population, 41 males born in Canada, 37 males born outside the British Empire, 32 females born outside the British Empire, 23 females born in Canada, 14 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 11 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)
Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 73 persons of Scandinavian origin, 34 persons of British origin (English), 26 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 6 persons of German origin, 5 persons of British origin (Irish), 4 persons of French origin, 2 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 1 persons of Italian origin. 7 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 59 Lutherans, 29 Presbyterians, 24 Anglicans (Church of England), 18 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 11 Methodists, 7 Jews, 4 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 4 Roman Catholics, 2 Baptists. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
SK186030— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_SK186030— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q1999491
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canwood
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). "Canwood, VL, Saskatchewan (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/sk/canwood-vl-sk186030-1921/.