Bracebridge, T-V, Ontario (1921 census)

Bracebridge, T-V was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 2,451. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q896553. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.043°N, 79.307°W.

Population

In 1921, Bracebridge, T-V had a population of 2,451: 1,226 male and 1,225 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, Bracebridge, T-V shared boundaries with:

• Macaulay

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 37 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 2,451 total population, 1,226 males in the population, 1,225 females in the population, 1,045 females born in Canada, 992 males born in Canada, 178 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 144 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 56 males born outside the British Empire, 36 females born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 1,142 persons of British origin (English), 623 persons of British origin (Irish), 394 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 81 persons of French origin, 79 persons of Italian origin, 28 persons of Dutch origin, 25 persons of German origin, 22 persons of British origin (other), 14 persons of Scandinavian origin, 8 persons of other European origin, 6 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin. 9 persons recorded under the 1921 official census category "Hebrew" (origin/ethnicity); now described as Jewish origin. 1 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 608 Methodists, 543 Anglicans (Church of England), 511 Presbyterians, 318 Roman Catholics, 249 Baptists, 104 Salvation Army adherents, 49 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 20 Mormons (Latter-day Saints), 19 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 16 Disciples of Christ, 9 Jews, 4 Brethren, 4 Lutherans, 1 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 1 Protestants (general / no denomination specified). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON129024 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON129024 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q896553

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). "Bracebridge, T-V, Ontario (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/bracebridge-t-v-on129024-1921/.