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Year: 1921  |  Province: Ontario  |  Wikidata: Q5087616

Chatham, C, Ontario (1921 census)

Chatham, C was a city in Ontario, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 13,256. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q5087616. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.393°N, 82.189°W.

Population

In 1921, Chatham, C had a population of 13,256: 6,439 male and 6,817 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
191110,770
192113,256

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, Chatham, C shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 50 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 13,256 total population, 6,817 females in the population, 6,439 males in the population, 5,420 females born in Canada, 4,918 males born in Canada, 1,092 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 1,004 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 429 males born outside the British Empire, 393 females born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 6,711 persons of British origin (English), 2,054 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 2,053 persons of British origin (Irish), 968 persons of French origin, 305 persons of German origin, 172 persons of Dutch origin, 77 persons of British origin (other), 57 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 36 persons of Russian origin, 25 persons of Scandinavian origin, 19 persons of other European origin, 17 persons of Austrian origin, 15 persons of Greek origin, 15 persons of Syrian origin, 12 persons of Belgian origin, 11 persons of Polish origin, 7 persons of Italian origin, 1 persons of Ukrainian origin. 519 persons recorded under the 1911/1921 official census category "Negro"; refers to people of African descent. Term is now considered offensive and is preserved here only as the historical source label. 58 persons recorded under the 1921 official census category "Hebrew" (origin/ethnicity); now described as Jewish origin. 7 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 3,737 Methodists, 2,702 Presbyterians, 2,634 Anglicans (Church of England), 2,077 Roman Catholics, 1,303 Baptists, 240 Mormons (Latter-day Saints), 227 Salvation Army adherents, 151 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 117 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 56 Jews, 27 adherents of Eastern religions, 24 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 21 Brethren, 14 Adventists, 10 Congregationalists, 8 Lutherans, 6 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 4 Disciples of Christ, 4 members of the Evangelical Association, 1 Mennonites. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

Identifiers

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). "Chatham, C, Ontario (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/chatham-c-on121012-1921/.