Devlin, Ontario (1921 census)

Devlin was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 472. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.604°N, 93.651°W.

Population

In 1921, Devlin had a population of 472: 246 male and 226 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 Devlin & Woodyat, 1911 (71.4% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, Devlin shared boundaries with:

• Burris
• Crozier
• Lash
• Woodyatt

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 33 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 472 total population, 246 males in the population, 226 females in the population, 197 males born in Canada, 189 females born in Canada, 27 males born outside the British Empire, 26 females born outside the British Empire, 22 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 179 persons of British origin (English), 145 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 85 persons of British origin (Irish), 19 persons of Austrian origin, 12 persons of Scandinavian origin, 7 persons of British origin (other), 5 persons of French origin, 4 persons of German origin, 4 persons of Polish origin, 1 persons of Dutch origin, 1 persons of Finnish origin, 1 persons of Ukrainian origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 221 Presbyterians, 154 Methodists, 30 Anglicans (Church of England), 23 Roman Catholics, 13 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 9 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 7 Adventists, 7 Lutherans, 6 Baptists, 5 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 4 Congregationalists, 2 Salvation Army adherents. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON141011 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON141011 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.

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). "Devlin, Ontario (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/devlin-on141011-1921/.