Dunnet, Ontario (1921 census)

Dunnet was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 968. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115261340. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.406°N, 80.354°W.

Population

In 1921, Dunnet had a population of 968: 500 male and 468 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 Dunnett & Ratter, 1911 (50.1% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, Dunnet shared boundaries with:

• Appleby
• Casimir
• Kirkpatrick
• Macpherson
• Ratter

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 21 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 968 total population, 500 males in the population, 484 males born in Canada, 468 females in the population, 446 females born in Canada, 17 females born outside the British Empire, 11 males born outside the British Empire, 5 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 5 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 809 persons of French origin, 64 persons of British origin (Irish), 38 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 35 persons of British origin (English), 14 persons of Italian origin, 7 persons of German origin, 1 persons of Russian origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 858 Roman Catholics, 68 Presbyterians, 20 Methodists, 19 Anglicans (Church of England), 3 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON146036 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON146036 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115261340

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). "Dunnet, Ontario (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/dunnet-on146036-1921/.