Speers, VL, Saskatchewan (1921 census)

Name: Speers, VL (1921)
Address: Saskatchewan, CA

Speers, VL was a village in Saskatchewan, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 105. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q16900391. The administrative centroid was at approximately 52.709°N, 107.559°W.

Population

In 1921, Speers, VL had a population of 105: 63 male and 42 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 423 townships, 1911 (0.0% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, Speers, VL shared boundaries with:

436. Douglas

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 24 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 105 total population, 63 males in the population, 47 males born in Canada, 42 females in the population, 28 females born in Canada, 8 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 8 males born outside the British Empire, 7 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 7 females born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 33 persons of British origin (English), 32 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 25 persons of British origin (Irish), 6 persons of Scandinavian origin, 3 persons of French origin, 3 persons of German origin, 2 persons of Ukrainian origin, 1 persons of British origin (other). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 39 Presbyterians, 33 Methodists, 13 Anglicans (Church of England), 7 Baptists, 7 Roman Catholics, 4 Lutherans, 2 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: SK186042 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_SK186042 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
Wikidata: Q16900391
Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speers,_Saskatchewan

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). "Speers, VL, Saskatchewan (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/sk/speers-vl-sk186042-1921/.