Winnipeg, C, Manitoba (1921 census)

Name: Winnipeg, C (1921)
Address: Manitoba, CA

Winnipeg, C was a city in Manitoba, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 179,087. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q2135. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.895°N, 97.160°W.

Population

In 1921, Winnipeg, C had a population of 179,087: 89,737 male and 89,350 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

Year	Population
1881	7,985
1921	179,087

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 contained Winnipeg c pt, 1911 (6.9% share).
In an earlier year, this CSD contained Winnipeg c pt, 1911 (34.0% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, Winnipeg, C shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 53 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 179,087 total population, 89,737 males in the population, 89,350 females in the population, 48,691 females born in Canada, 45,163 males born in Canada, 26,400 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 24,271 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 18,174 males born outside the British Empire, 16,388 females born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 58,321 persons of British origin (English), 37,069 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 23,315 persons of British origin (Irish), 6,785 persons of Austrian origin, 6,381 persons of Ukrainian origin, 6,147 persons of Scandinavian origin, 5,696 persons of Polish origin, 4,762 persons of German origin, 3,944 persons of French origin, 3,791 persons of Russian origin, 1,864 persons of British origin (other), 1,614 persons of other European origin, 1,311 persons of Italian origin, 1,236 persons of Dutch origin, 849 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 284 persons of Belgian origin, 156 persons of Syrian origin, 139 persons of Greek origin, 70 persons of Finnish origin, 10 persons of other Asian origin. 14,449 persons recorded under the 1921 official census category "Hebrew" (origin/ethnicity); now described as Jewish origin. 424 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. 44 persons recorded under the official census category "Indian"; corresponds to what is now described as Indigenous (First Nations; in northern enumerations also Inuit) origin. "Indian" was simultaneously a census category and the legal/administrative term under the Indian Act (1876). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 44,533 Presbyterians, 44,359 Anglicans (Church of England), 24,118 Roman Catholics, 17,668 Methodists, 14,390 Jews, 9,931 Lutherans, 9,195 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 5,092 Baptists, 4,774 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 1,660 Congregationalists, 995 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 825 Salvation Army adherents, 481 adherents of Eastern religions, 426 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 188 Brethren, 171 Adventists, 114 Mennonites, 106 Disciples of Christ, 105 Mormons (Latter-day Saints), 65 members of the Evangelical Association, 33 Christians (general / no denomination specified). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 43 people connected to this place who were alive in 1921, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Name	Lifespan	Connection
Margaret Vallance	1840–1922	died here
William James McLean	1841–1929	died here
James Henry Ashdown	1844–1924	died here
John Walter Harris	1845–1926	died here
Daniel Hunter McMillan Canadian politician (1846-1933)	1846–1933	died here
Frederic Beal Du Val	1847–1928	died here
Henry Norlande Ruttan	1848–1925	died here
Ralph Joseph Horner	1848–1926	died here
John Semmens	1850–1921	died here
Macdonald	1850–1929	died here
James Albert Manning Aikins	1851–1929	died here
John Maclean	1851–1928	died here
Spencer Argyle Bedford	1851–1933	died here
George Reading Crowe	1852–1924	died here
William Forbes Alloway	1852–1930	died here
John Duncan McArthur	1854–1927	died here
Elisha Frederick Hutchings	1855–1930	died here
George Frederick Galt	1855–1928	died here
James Simmons Freer	1855–1933	died here
Margaret Ruttan Boucher	1855–1931	died here
David Wesley Bole	1856–1933	died here
Cyril Genik	1857–1925	died here
T. A. (Theodore Arthur) Burrows	1857–1929	died here
Edmund Marter Wood	1858–1936	died here
John C. McRae	1859–1921	died here
Charles William Gordon	1860–1937	died here
James Duncan McGregor	1860–1935	died here
Robert Lorne Richardson	1860–1921	died here
Gordon Bell	1863–1923	died here
John Godefrey Sullivan	1863–1938	died here
Daniel Salmon Hamilton	1864–1929	died here
Thomas Herman Johnson	1870–1927	died here
Thomas Llewellyn Metcalfe	1870–1922	died here
T. Glen (Thomas Glendenning) Hamilton	1873–1935	died here
David Alexander Stewart	1874–1937	died here
Rögnvaldur Pétursson	1877–1940	died here
Herbert Grahame Beresford	1880–1938	died here
Marcus Hyman	1883–1938	died here
Winona Flett	1884–1922	died here
James A. (James Armstrong) Richardson	1885–1939	died here
Katherine Ross	1885–1934	died here
Anna Humenilovych	1891–1936	died here
Annette Saint-Amant	1892–1928	died here

Identifiers

TCP UID: MB160013 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_MB160013 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
Wikidata: Q2135
Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winnipeg
Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winnipeg

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). "Winnipeg, C, Manitoba (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/mb/winnipeg-c-mb160013-1921/.