Dunnville, T-V, Ontario (1921 census)

Dunnville, T-V was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 3,224. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.909°N, 79.614°W.

Population

In 1921, Dunnville, T-V had a population of 3,224: 1,532 male and 1,692 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, Dunnville, T-V shared boundaries with:

• Moulton

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 42 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 3,224 total population, 1,692 females in the population, 1,532 males in the population, 1,428 females born in Canada, 1,299 males born in Canada, 193 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 155 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 78 males born outside the British Empire, 71 females born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 2,016 persons of British origin (English), 405 persons of British origin (Irish), 330 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 192 persons of Dutch origin, 178 persons of German origin, 34 persons of French origin, 12 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 10 persons of other European origin, 7 persons of Scandinavian origin, 7 persons of Syrian origin, 1 persons of Austrian origin. 14 persons recorded under the 1921 official census category "Hebrew" (origin/ethnicity); now described as Jewish origin. 11 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. 3 persons recorded under the official census category "Indian"; corresponds to what is now described as Indigenous (First Nations; in northern enumerations also Inuit) origin. "Indian" was simultaneously a census category and the legal/administrative term under the Indian Act (1876). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 1,021 Methodists, 748 Anglicans (Church of England), 641 Baptists, 387 Presbyterians, 242 Roman Catholics, 44 Salvation Army adherents, 27 Lutherans, 23 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 20 Disciples of Christ, 17 members of the Evangelical Association, 14 Jews, 12 adherents of Eastern religions, 8 Congregationalists, 6 Adventists, 4 Mormons (Latter-day Saints), 4 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 3 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 2 Brethren, 1 Mennonites. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON115012 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON115012_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). "Dunnville, T-V, Ontario (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/dunnville-t-v-on115012-1921/.