Erieau, VL, Ontario (1921 census)

Name: Erieau, VL (1921)
Address: Ontario, CA

Erieau, VL was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 205. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115134613. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.271°N, 81.951°W.

Population

In 1921, Erieau, VL had a population of 205: 118 male and 87 female residents.

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, Erieau, VL shared boundaries with:

Harwich

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 25 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 205 total population, 118 males in the population, 99 males born in Canada, 87 females in the population, 71 females born in Canada, 12 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 9 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 7 females born outside the British Empire, 7 males born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 81 persons of British origin (English), 57 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 33 persons of French origin, 27 persons of British origin (Irish), 4 persons of Dutch origin, 1 persons of German origin, 1 persons of Italian origin. 1 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 63 Methodists, 39 Anglicans (Church of England), 34 Presbyterians, 30 Roman Catholics, 24 Baptists, 12 Mormons (Latter-day Saints), 2 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 1 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: ON121019 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON121019 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
Wikidata: Q115134613
Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erieau,_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). "Erieau, VL, Ontario (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/erieau-vl-on121019-1921/.