Fort Erie, Village, Ontario (1921 census)

Fort Erie, Village was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 1,546. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q268103. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.910°N, 78.922°W.

Population

In 1921, Fort Erie, Village had a population of 1,546: 772 male and 774 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, Fort Erie, Village shared boundaries with:

• Bertie

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 1,546 total population, 774 females in the population, 772 males in the population, 415 females born in Canada, 409 males born in Canada, 229 females born outside the British Empire, 221 males born outside the British Empire, 142 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 130 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 707 persons of British origin (English), 291 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 219 persons of German origin, 148 persons of British origin (Irish), 66 persons of Dutch origin, 47 persons of French origin, 10 persons of Austrian origin, 10 persons of Italian origin, 6 persons of British origin (other), 6 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 6 persons of Russian origin, 4 persons of Scandinavian origin. 26 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 709 Anglicans (Church of England), 329 Presbyterians, 246 Methodists, 174 Roman Catholics, 69 Baptists, 10 Lutherans, 5 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 2 adherents of Eastern religions, 2 Disciples of Christ. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON151016 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON151016 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q268103
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Erie,_Ontario
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_%C3%89ri%C3%A9_(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). "Fort Erie, Village, Ontario (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/fort-erie-village-on151016-1921/.