Anson, Ontario (1921 census)

Anson was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 232. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115260710. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.950°N, 78.829°W.

Population

In 1921, Anson had a population of 232: 116 male and 116 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).

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 Anson, 1911 (48.6% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, Anson shared boundaries with:

• Digby
• Hindon
• Lutterworth
• Minden
• NO DATA
• NO DATA
• Oakley
• Stanhope

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 18 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 232 total population, 116 females in the population, 116 males in the population, 109 females born in Canada, 104 males born in Canada, 11 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 7 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 1 males born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 107 persons of British origin (English), 88 persons of British origin (Irish), 33 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 2 persons of German origin, 1 persons of British origin (other), 1 persons of Russian origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 126 Presbyterians, 51 Anglicans (Church of England), 33 Adventists, 22 Methodists. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON116001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON116001 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115260710

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). "Anson, Ontario (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/anson-on116001-1921/.