Balfour, Ontario (1921 census)
Balfour was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 50. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115260769. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.585°N, 81.247°W.
Population
In 1921, Balfour had a population of 50: 27 male and 23 female residents.
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 Balfour & Morgan, 1911 (49.7% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921
In the 1921 census, Balfour shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1921
The 1921 census recorded 10 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.
Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 50 total population, 27 males born in Canada, 27 males in the population, 23 females in the population, 22 females born in Canada, 1 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)
Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 48 persons of French origin, 2 persons of British origin (English). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)
Religion (1921). This community's record includes 38 Roman Catholics, 12 Presbyterians. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON146007— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON146007— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q115260769
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). "Balfour, Ontario (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/balfour-on146007-1921/.