Amherstburg, T-V, Ontario (1921 census)

Amherstburg, T-V was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 2,769. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q385335. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.102°N, 83.102°W.

Population

In 1921, Amherstburg, T-V had a population of 2,769: 1,397 male and 1,372 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, Amherstburg, T-V shared boundaries with:

• Malden

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 41 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 2,769 total population, 1,397 males in the population, 1,372 females in the population, 1,161 females born in Canada, 1,158 males born in Canada, 152 males born outside the British Empire, 134 females born outside the British Empire, 87 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 77 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 1,219 persons of British origin (English), 779 persons of French origin, 303 persons of British origin (Irish), 167 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 28 persons of German origin, 11 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 10 persons of British origin (other), 9 persons of Syrian origin, 6 persons of Dutch origin, 5 persons of Italian origin, 3 persons of other European origin, 2 persons of Austrian origin, 2 persons of Greek origin, 1 persons of Finnish origin, 1 persons of Russian origin, 1 persons of Scandinavian origin. 187 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. 8 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 1,326 Roman Catholics, 566 Methodists, 523 Anglicans (Church of England), 192 Presbyterians, 91 Baptists, 27 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 19 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 8 Jews, 5 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 4 adherents of Eastern religions, 2 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 2 members of the Evangelical Association, 1 Lutherans, 1 Mormons (Latter-day Saints). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 3 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: ON110017 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON110017 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q385335
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amherstburg
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amherstburg

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). "Amherstburg, T-V, Ontario (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/amherstburg-t-v-on110017-1921/.