Alvinston, VL, Ontario (1921 census)

Alvinston, VL was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 691. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115134585. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.826°N, 81.848°W.

Population

In 1921, Alvinston, VL had a population of 691: 324 male and 367 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, Alvinston, VL shared boundaries with:

• Brooke

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 691 total population, 367 females in the population, 332 females born in Canada, 324 males in the population, 287 males born in Canada, 29 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 26 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 9 females born outside the British Empire, 8 males born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 275 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 232 persons of British origin (English), 141 persons of British origin (Irish), 25 persons of German origin, 3 persons of Dutch origin, 3 persons of other European origin, 2 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 2 persons of French origin. 5 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 350 Presbyterians, 124 Anglicans (Church of England), 106 Methodists, 79 Baptists, 29 Roman Catholics, 3 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON122015 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON122015_1911 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115134585

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). "Alvinston, VL, Ontario (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/alvinston-vl-on122015-1921/.