Elmira, VL, Ontario (1921 census)

Elmira, VL was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 2,016. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q5366792. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.596°N, 80.563°W.

Population

In 1921, Elmira, VL had a population of 2,016: 980 male and 1,036 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, Elmira, VL shared boundaries with:

• Woolwich

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 2,016 total population, 1,036 females in the population, 980 males in the population, 968 females born in Canada, 887 males born in Canada, 61 males born outside the British Empire, 39 females born outside the British Empire, 32 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 29 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 1,235 persons of German origin, 343 persons of British origin (English), 149 persons of Dutch origin, 125 persons of British origin (Irish), 86 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 34 persons of other European origin, 15 persons of French origin, 7 persons of Italian origin, 6 persons of Austrian origin, 4 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin. 12 persons recorded under the 1921 official census category "Hebrew" (origin/ethnicity); now described as Jewish origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 733 Lutherans, 316 Methodists, 276 Presbyterians, 259 members of the Evangelical Association, 200 Roman Catholics, 170 Mennonites, 33 Anglicans (Church of England), 12 Jews, 9 Baptists, 4 adherents of Eastern religions, 4 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON150012 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON150012 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q5366792
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmira,_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). "Elmira, VL, Ontario (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/elmira-vl-on150012-1921/.