Benoit, Ontario (1921 census)
Benoit was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 180. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.320°N, 80.210°W.
Population
In 1921, Benoit had a population of 180: 121 male and 59 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 Benoit, Maisonville & Otto, 1911 (33.4% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921
In the 1921 census, Benoit shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1921
The 1921 census recorded 26 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.
Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 180 total population, 121 males in the population, 61 males born outside the British Empire, 59 females in the population, 53 males born in Canada, 33 females born in Canada, 22 females born outside the British Empire, 7 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 4 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)
Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 68 persons of Scandinavian origin, 25 persons of British origin (English), 23 persons of Finnish origin, 20 persons of French origin, 19 persons of British origin (Irish), 12 persons of Russian origin, 8 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 4 persons of Dutch origin, 1 persons of German origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)
Religion (1921). This community's record includes 89 Lutherans, 42 Roman Catholics, 21 Presbyterians, 13 Anglicans (Church of England), 9 Methodists, 3 Baptists, 2 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 1 Protestants (general / no denomination specified). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON148015— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON148015— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.
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). "Benoit, Ontario (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/benoit-on148015-1921/.