Bertie, Ontario (1921 census)

Bertie was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 3,305. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.915°N, 79.030°W.

Population

In 1921, Bertie had a population of 3,305: 1,693 male and 1,612 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, Bertie shared boundaries with:

• Bertie
• Bridgeburg, T-V
• Fort Erie, Village
• Humberstone
• Willoughby

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 42 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 3,305 total population, 1,693 males in the population, 1,612 females in the population, 1,469 males born in Canada, 1,367 females born in Canada, 182 females born outside the British Empire, 154 males born outside the British Empire, 70 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 63 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 1,153 persons of German origin, 807 persons of British origin (English), 438 persons of Dutch origin, 259 persons of British origin (Irish), 178 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 166 persons of other European origin, 112 persons of French origin, 35 persons of British origin (other), 19 persons of Scandinavian origin, 12 persons of Italian origin, 12 persons of Russian origin, 8 persons of Austrian origin, 5 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 2 persons of Polish origin, 1 persons of Syrian origin. 24 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. 1 persons recorded under the 1921 official census category "Hebrew" (origin/ethnicity); now described as Jewish origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 910 Methodists, 536 Baptists, 427 Anglicans (Church of England), 363 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 307 Presbyterians, 293 Lutherans, 212 Roman Catholics, 126 Mennonites, 73 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 64 members of the Evangelical Association, 23 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 16 Mormons (Latter-day Saints), 14 Congregationalists, 6 Disciples of Christ, 6 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 1 Jews. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON151001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON151001 — 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). "Bertie, Ontario (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/bertie-on151001-1921/.