Denison, Ontario (1921 census)
Denison was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 430. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q29015238. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.411°N, 81.374°W.
Population
In 1921, Denison had a population of 430: 227 male and 203 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 Denison, Drury, Graham & Trill, 1911 (26.7% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921
In the 1921 census, Denison shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1921
The 1921 census recorded 25 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.
Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 430 total population, 227 males in the population, 203 females in the population, 153 females born in Canada, 145 males born in Canada, 66 males born outside the British Empire, 39 females born outside the British Empire, 16 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 11 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)
Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 118 persons of British origin (English), 98 persons of Finnish origin, 89 persons of French origin, 53 persons of Austrian origin, 36 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 17 persons of Italian origin, 12 persons of British origin (Irish), 3 persons of British origin (other), 3 persons of German origin, 1 persons of Russian origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)
Religion (1921). This community's record includes 168 Roman Catholics, 101 Lutherans, 69 Presbyterians, 46 Methodists, 44 Anglicans (Church of England), 2 Baptists. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON146031— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON146031— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q29015238
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). "Denison, Ontario (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/denison-on146031-1921/.