Burton, Ontario (1921 census)
Burton was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 220. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115260988. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.680°N, 80.167°W.
Population
In 1921, Burton had a population of 220: 139 male and 81 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 Burton, Harrison & McKenzie, 1911 (33.0% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921
In the 1921 census, Burton shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1921
The 1921 census recorded 23 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.
Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 220 total population, 139 males in the population, 124 males born in Canada, 81 females in the population, 71 females born in Canada, 9 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 8 males born outside the British Empire, 7 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 1 females born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)
Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 120 persons of British origin (English), 65 persons of British origin (Irish), 21 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 8 persons of French origin, 2 persons of Dutch origin, 2 persons of Russian origin, 2 persons of Scandinavian origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)
Religion (1921). This community's record includes 68 Anglicans (Church of England), 52 Presbyterians, 45 Methodists, 41 Roman Catholics, 9 Baptists, 4 Lutherans, 1 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON135005— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON135005— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q115260988
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). "Burton, Ontario (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/burton-on135005-1921/.