Berlin, Town—Ville, Ontario (1921 census)

Berlin, Town—Ville was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 21,763. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q200166. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.458°N, 80.478°W.

Population

In 1921, Berlin, Town—Ville had a population of 21,763: 10,602 male and 11,161 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, Berlin, Town—Ville shared boundaries with:

• Waterloo N & S

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 51 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 21,763 total population, 11,161 females in the population, 10,602 males in the population, 9,259 females born in Canada, 8,354 males born in Canada, 1,464 males born outside the British Empire, 1,208 females born outside the British Empire, 784 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 694 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 12,094 persons of German origin, 3,942 persons of British origin (English), 1,192 persons of British origin (Irish), 1,109 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 852 persons of Polish origin, 592 persons of French origin, 565 persons of other European origin, 356 persons of Dutch origin, 177 persons of Ukrainian origin, 123 persons of Austrian origin, 95 persons of Italian origin, 90 persons of Russian origin, 69 persons of Syrian origin, 57 persons of Scandinavian origin, 54 persons of British origin (other), 33 persons of Greek origin, 17 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 1 persons of Belgian origin, 1 persons of other Asian origin. 298 persons recorded under the 1921 official census category "Hebrew" (origin/ethnicity); now described as Jewish origin. 33 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. 9 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). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 6,559 Lutherans, 5,521 Roman Catholics, 2,045 Methodists, 1,740 Anglicans (Church of England), 1,572 Presbyterians, 1,203 members of the Evangelical Association, 982 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 922 Baptists, 635 Mennonites, 298 Jews, 141 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 47 Salvation Army adherents, 39 Congregationalists, 17 adherents of Eastern religions, 12 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 8 Brethren, 4 Adventists, 4 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 3 Disciples of Christ, 2 Christians (general / no denomination specified). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 4 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: ON150007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON150007 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q200166
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitchener,_Ontario
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitchener

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). "Berlin, Town—Ville, Ontario (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/berlin-town-ville-on150007-1921/.