Dysart, Ontario (1921 census)

Dysart was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 1,191. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115261349. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.041°N, 78.503°W.

Population

In 1921, Dysart had a population of 1,191: 675 male and 516 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 Dudley, 1911 (47.4% share).
• In an earlier year, this CSD contained Nightingale, 1911 (1.4% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, Dysart shared boundaries with:

• Dudley
• Glamorgan
• Guilford
• Minden

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 31 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 1,191 total population, 675 males in the population, 602 males born in Canada, 516 females in the population, 461 females born in Canada, 51 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 48 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 22 males born outside the British Empire, 7 females born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 608 persons of British origin (English), 269 persons of British origin (Irish), 175 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 45 persons of Dutch origin, 45 persons of German origin, 24 persons of French origin, 12 persons of Italian origin, 5 persons of Finnish origin, 3 persons of British origin (other), 2 persons of other European origin. 2 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 521 Methodists, 350 Anglicans (Church of England), 132 Presbyterians, 92 Baptists, 43 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 43 Roman Catholics, 6 Lutherans, 2 Jews, 1 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 1 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 1 Salvation Army adherents. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON116005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON116005_1911 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115261349

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). "Dysart, Ontario (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/dysart-on116005-1921/.