Dorchester N, Ontario (1921 census)

Dorchester N was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 3,104. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.962°N, 81.023°W.

Population

In 1921, Dorchester N had a population of 3,104: 1,575 male and 1,529 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

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, Dorchester N shared boundaries with:

• Dereham
• Dorchester S
• London
• Missouri W
• Nissouri E
• Oxford N
• Oxford W
• Westminster

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 35 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 3,104 total population, 1,575 males in the population, 1,529 females in the population, 1,379 males born in Canada, 1,369 females born in Canada, 158 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 131 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 38 males born outside the British Empire, 29 females born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 1,697 persons of British origin (English), 655 persons of British origin (Irish), 555 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 81 persons of Dutch origin, 38 persons of French origin, 24 persons of German origin, 20 persons of British origin (other), 14 persons of Scandinavian origin, 7 persons of Austrian origin, 4 persons of Greek origin, 4 persons of Italian origin, 3 persons of other European origin, 1 persons of Belgian origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 1,666 Methodists, 565 Presbyterians, 519 Anglicans (Church of England), 243 Baptists, 77 Roman Catholics, 9 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 7 Mormons (Latter-day Saints), 6 Disciples of Christ, 4 Congregationalists, 4 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 2 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 2 Lutherans, 1 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON128005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON128005_1911 — 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). "Dorchester N, Ontario (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/dorchester-n-on128005-1921/.