Bigwood, Ontario (1921 census)

Bigwood was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 358. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115260854. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.059°N, 80.630°W.

Population

In 1921, Bigwood had a population of 358: 204 male and 154 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 Temagami, French River & Nipissing I R, 1911 (13.6% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, Bigwood shared boundaries with:

• Allen
• Delamere
• Indian reserves
• Mason
• Mowat
• NO DATA

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 17 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 358 total population, 204 males in the population, 196 males born in Canada, 154 females in the population, 147 females born in Canada, 5 females born outside the British Empire, 5 males born outside the British Empire, 3 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 2 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 297 persons of French origin, 46 persons of British origin (English), 14 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 1 persons of British origin (Irish). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 295 Roman Catholics, 23 Presbyterians, 20 Anglicans (Church of England), 20 Methodists. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON146011 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON146011 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115260854

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). "Bigwood, Ontario (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/bigwood-on146011-1921/.