Belleville, C, Ontario (1921 census)

Belleville, C was a city in Ontario, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 12,206. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q34227. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.167°N, 77.379°W.

Population

In 1921, Belleville, C had a population of 12,206: 5,837 male and 6,369 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).

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 Belleville c, 1911 (79.6% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, Belleville, C shared boundaries with:

• Sidney
• Thurlow

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 48 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 12,206 total population, 6,369 females in the population, 5,837 males in the population, 5,342 females born in Canada, 4,723 males born in Canada, 862 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 821 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 293 males born outside the British Empire, 165 females born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 6,223 persons of British origin (English), 3,097 persons of British origin (Irish), 1,338 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 464 persons of Dutch origin, 456 persons of French origin, 117 persons of Italian origin, 115 persons of German origin, 57 persons of British origin (other), 54 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 50 persons of other European origin, 15 persons of Greek origin, 11 persons of Scandinavian origin, 8 persons of Austrian origin, 8 persons of Polish origin, 4 persons of Russian origin, 2 persons of Belgian origin, 1 persons of Finnish origin, 1 persons of Ukrainian origin. 61 persons recorded under the 1921 official census category "Hebrew" (origin/ethnicity); now described as Jewish origin. 32 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). 4 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. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 4,383 Methodists, 3,417 Anglicans (Church of England), 1,964 Roman Catholics, 1,608 Presbyterians, 427 Baptists, 127 Salvation Army adherents, 88 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 85 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 61 Jews, 36 Brethren, 20 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 18 Adventists, 11 Congregationalists, 10 adherents of Eastern religions, 6 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 4 Mennonites, 1 Disciples of Christ, 1 Lutherans. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; 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: ON118025 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON118025 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q34227
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belleville,_Ontario
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belleville_(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). "Belleville, C, Ontario (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/belleville-c-on118025-1921/.