Boyd, Ontario (1921 census)

Boyd was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 152. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.110°N, 78.632°W.

Population

In 1921, Boyd had a population of 152: 135 male and 17 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 Other parts, 1911 (1.8% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, Boyd shared boundaries with:

• Boulter & Lauder
• Cameron
• Deacon
• Lister
• Papineau
• Pentland

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 29 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 152 total population, 135 males in the population, 110 males born in Canada, 17 females in the population, 17 males born outside the British Empire, 9 females born in Canada, 8 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 5 females born outside the British Empire, 3 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 76 persons of French origin, 29 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 24 persons of British origin (Irish), 10 persons of British origin (English), 3 persons of Austrian origin, 2 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 2 persons of Russian origin, 1 persons of Dutch origin, 1 persons of German origin, 1 persons of Italian origin, 1 persons of other European origin, 1 persons of Polish origin, 1 persons of Scandinavian origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 103 Roman Catholics, 25 Presbyterians, 12 Anglicans (Church of England), 6 Methodists, 2 adherents of Eastern religions, 2 Baptists, 2 Lutherans. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON130015 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON130015 — 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). "Boyd, Ontario (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/boyd-on130015-1921/.