Brampton, T-V, Ontario (1921 census)

Brampton, T-V was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 4,527. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q44198. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.686°N, 79.765°W.

Population

In 1921, Brampton, T-V had a population of 4,527: 2,189 male and 2,338 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, Brampton, T-V shared boundaries with:

• Chinguacousy

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 40 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 4,527 total population, 2,338 females in the population, 2,189 males in the population, 1,777 females born in Canada, 1,596 males born in Canada, 551 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 525 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 42 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 2,609 persons of British origin (English), 994 persons of British origin (Irish), 651 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 51 persons of Dutch origin, 46 persons of German origin, 30 persons of Polish origin, 29 persons of British origin (other), 28 persons of French origin, 25 persons of Ukrainian origin, 6 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 6 persons of Scandinavian origin, 5 persons of Belgian origin, 5 persons of Italian origin, 4 persons of Greek origin, 1 persons of other European origin. 2 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 1,723 Methodists, 1,126 Presbyterians, 1,100 Anglicans (Church of England), 288 Baptists, 143 Roman Catholics, 42 Salvation Army adherents, 40 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 35 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 10 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 5 Disciples of Christ, 2 Congregationalists, 2 Jews, 2 Lutherans, 1 adherents of Eastern religions, 1 Mennonites. (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: ON136006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON136006_1911_1921 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q44198
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brampton
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brampton_(Ontario)

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). "Brampton, T-V, Ontario (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/brampton-t-v-on136006-1921/.