Cane, Ontario (1921 census)

Cane was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 231. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115261017. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.625°N, 80.081°W.

Population

In 1921, Cane had a population of 231: 142 male and 89 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 Temagami Forest Reserve, 1911 (1.4% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, Cane shared boundaries with:

• Auld
• Barber
• Bryce
• Henwood
• Speight

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 28 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 231 total population, 142 males in the population, 113 males born in Canada, 89 females in the population, 77 females born in Canada, 15 males born outside the British Empire, 14 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 8 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 4 females born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 61 persons of British origin (English), 54 persons of British origin (Irish), 48 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 35 persons of French origin, 10 persons of German origin, 6 persons of Dutch origin, 6 persons of Russian origin, 5 persons of Scandinavian origin, 3 persons of Austrian origin, 3 persons of other European origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 62 Roman Catholics, 54 Methodists, 53 Presbyterians, 36 Anglicans (Church of England), 12 Baptists, 8 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 3 Mormons (Latter-day Saints), 2 Lutherans, 1 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON148037 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON148037 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115261017

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). "Cane, Ontario (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/cane-on148037-1921/.