Drury, Ontario (1921 census)

Drury was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 473. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115261319. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.410°N, 81.503°W.

Population

In 1921, Drury had a population of 473: 266 male and 207 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 (26.4% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, Drury shared boundaries with:

• Denison
• Hyman
• Lorne
• Trill

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 32 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 473 total population, 266 males in the population, 207 females in the population, 185 males born in Canada, 158 females born in Canada, 71 males born outside the British Empire, 43 females born outside the British Empire, 10 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 6 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 107 persons of British origin (English), 106 persons of French origin, 104 persons of Finnish origin, 58 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 22 persons of Italian origin, 18 persons of Austrian origin, 17 persons of German origin, 12 persons of Ukrainian origin, 8 persons of other European origin, 8 persons of Polish origin, 5 persons of British origin (Irish), 4 persons of Dutch origin, 1 persons of Russian origin, 1 persons of Scandinavian origin. 1 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. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 161 Roman Catholics, 103 Lutherans, 94 Anglicans (Church of England), 54 Presbyterians, 34 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 17 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 10 Methodists, 1 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON146034 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON146034 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115261319

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). "Drury, Ontario (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/drury-on146034-1921/.