Burleigh, Ontario (1921 census)
Burleigh was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 251. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115260974. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.647°N, 78.139°W.
Population
In 1921, Burleigh had a population of 251: 138 male and 113 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 Anstruther & Burleigh, 1911 (50.6% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921
In the 1921 census, Burleigh shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1921
The 1921 census recorded 18 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.
Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 251 total population, 138 males in the population, 132 males born in Canada, 113 females in the population, 105 females born in Canada, 8 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 4 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 2 males born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)
Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 156 persons of British origin (English), 56 persons of British origin (Irish), 37 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 2 persons of French origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)
Religion (1921). This community's record includes 130 Methodists, 103 Anglicans (Church of England), 8 Presbyterians, 6 Roman Catholics, 3 Baptists, 1 Congregationalists. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON138004— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON138004— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q115260974
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). "Burleigh, Ontario (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/burleigh-on138004-1921/.