Bathurst, Ontario (1921 census)

Bathurst was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 2,023. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115260799. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.894°N, 76.391°W.

Population

In 1921, Bathurst had a population of 2,023: 1,021 male and 1,002 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, Bathurst shared boundaries with:

• Burgess N
• Crosby N
• Dalhousie
• Drummond
• Elmsley N
• Lanark
• Perth, T-V
• Sherbrooke S

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 28 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 2,023 total population, 1,021 males in the population, 1,002 females in the population, 987 males born in Canada, 968 females born in Canada, 28 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 28 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 6 females born outside the British Empire, 6 males born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 892 persons of British origin (Irish), 609 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 428 persons of British origin (English), 50 persons of French origin, 22 persons of German origin, 13 persons of Dutch origin, 4 persons of other European origin, 2 persons of British origin (other), 2 persons of Polish origin, 1 persons of Finnish origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 586 Anglicans (Church of England), 576 Presbyterians, 470 Roman Catholics, 330 Methodists, 22 Baptists, 19 Brethren, 10 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 9 Congregationalists, 1 Lutherans. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON123001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON123001 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115260799

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). "Bathurst, Ontario (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/bathurst-on123001-1921/.