Durham, T-V, Ontario (1921 census)

Durham, T-V was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 1,494. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q5316450. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.187°N, 80.834°W.

Population

In 1921, Durham, T-V had a population of 1,494: 684 male and 810 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, Durham, T-V shared boundaries with:

• Bentinck

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 31 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 1,494 total population, 810 females in the population, 708 females born in Canada, 684 males in the population, 586 males born in Canada, 84 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 80 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 18 females born outside the British Empire, 18 males born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 583 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 429 persons of British origin (English), 359 persons of British origin (Irish), 56 persons of German origin, 23 persons of French origin, 21 persons of Dutch origin, 3 persons of other European origin, 2 persons of Greek origin, 1 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 1 persons of Scandinavian origin. 12 persons recorded under the 1921 official census category "Hebrew" (origin/ethnicity); now described as Jewish 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 569 Presbyterians, 386 Methodists, 260 Anglicans (Church of England), 174 Baptists, 74 Roman Catholics, 12 Jews, 11 Lutherans, 5 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 3 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 1 Salvation Army adherents. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON114018 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON114018 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q5316450
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durham,_Ontario

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). "Durham, T-V, Ontario (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/durham-t-v-on114018-1921/.