Alexandria, Village, Ontario (1921 census)

Alexandria, Village was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 2,195. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q2077128. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.312°N, 74.626°W.

Population

In 1921, Alexandria, Village had a population of 2,195: 1,045 male and 1,150 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).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, Alexandria, Village shared boundaries with:

• Lochiel

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 30 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 2,195 total population, 1,150 females in the population, 1,111 females born in Canada, 1,045 males in the population, 1,000 males born in Canada, 26 males born outside the British Empire, 24 females born outside the British Empire, 19 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 15 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 1,277 persons of French origin, 627 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 111 persons of British origin (Irish), 71 persons of British origin (English), 37 persons of Italian origin, 16 persons of Syrian origin, 8 persons of British origin (other), 8 persons of Greek origin, 8 persons of other Asian origin, 7 persons of Scandinavian origin, 3 persons of Dutch origin, 1 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 1 persons of other European origin, 1 persons of Polish origin. 19 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 1,872 Roman Catholics, 254 Presbyterians, 32 Anglicans (Church of England), 19 Jews, 10 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 8 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 people connected to this place who were alive in 1921, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON112005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON112005_1891 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q2077128
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria,_Ontario
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria_(Ontario)

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). "Alexandria, Village, Ontario (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/alexandria-village-on112005-1921/.