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Year: 1921  |  Province: Ontario  |  Wikidata: Q5467686

Ford City, T-V, Ontario (1921 census)

Ford City, T-V was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 5,870. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q5467686. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.319°N, 82.994°W.

Population

In 1921, Ford City, T-V had a population of 5,870: 3,225 male and 2,645 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

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, Ford City, T-V shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 48 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 5,870 total population, 3,225 males in the population, 2,645 females in the population, 1,947 males born in Canada, 1,856 females born in Canada, 967 males born outside the British Empire, 516 females born outside the British Empire, 311 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 273 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 2,661 persons of French origin, 932 persons of British origin (English), 532 persons of Russian origin, 380 persons of other European origin, 363 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 361 persons of British origin (Irish), 135 persons of Polish origin, 109 persons of German origin, 103 persons of Ukrainian origin, 53 persons of Austrian origin, 37 persons of Dutch origin, 25 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 17 persons of Belgian origin, 14 persons of Syrian origin, 13 persons of British origin (other), 7 persons of Italian origin, 5 persons of Scandinavian origin, 2 persons of Greek origin. 98 persons recorded under the 1921 official census category "Hebrew" (origin/ethnicity); now described as Jewish origin. 7 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. 7 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 3,371 Roman Catholics, 901 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 671 Anglicans (Church of England), 332 Presbyterians, 256 Methodists, 98 Jews, 81 Baptists, 55 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 35 Lutherans, 22 Brethren, 17 Salvation Army adherents, 9 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 5 adherents of Eastern religions, 5 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 5 Congregationalists, 3 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 2 members of the Evangelical Association, 1 Mennonites. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

Identifiers

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). "Ford City, T-V, Ontario (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/ford-city-t-v-on110019-1921/.