Dack, Ontario (1921 census)

Dack was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 380. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q11692602. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.797°N, 79.951°W.

Population

In 1921, Dack had a population of 380: 213 male and 167 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 Charleton & Dack, 1911 (48.1% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, Dack shared boundaries with:

• Beauchamp
• Chamberlain
• Charlton, T-V
• Evanturel
• Robillard

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 26 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 380 total population, 213 males in the population, 175 males born in Canada, 167 females in the population, 133 females born in Canada, 30 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 24 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 10 females born outside the British Empire, 8 males born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 161 persons of British origin (English), 103 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 60 persons of British origin (Irish), 19 persons of German origin, 13 persons of French origin, 8 persons of Syrian origin, 7 persons of Dutch origin, 5 persons of Scandinavian origin, 3 persons of British origin (other), 1 persons of other European origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 112 Presbyterians, 103 Methodists, 99 Anglicans (Church of England), 33 Roman Catholics, 28 Baptists, 3 Salvation Army adherents, 2 Christians (general / no denomination specified). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON148052 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON148052 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q11692602

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). "Dack, Ontario (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/dack-on148052-1921/.