Gananoque, T-V, Ontario (1921 census)

Gananoque, T-V was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 3,604. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q1208051. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.337°N, 76.157°W.

Population

In 1921, Gananoque, T-V had a population of 3,604: 1,767 male and 1,837 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, Gananoque, T-V shared boundaries with:

• Leeds & Lansdowne Front

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 38 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 3,604 total population, 1,837 females in the population, 1,767 males in the population, 1,591 females born in Canada, 1,500 males born in Canada, 190 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 187 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 77 males born outside the British Empire, 59 females born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 1,580 persons of British origin (English), 1,010 persons of British origin (Irish), 482 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 358 persons of French origin, 75 persons of Dutch origin, 25 persons of British origin (other), 14 persons of German origin, 8 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 4 persons of Italian origin, 4 persons of other European origin, 2 persons of Scandinavian origin, 1 persons of Austrian origin, 1 persons of Greek origin. 15 persons recorded under the 1921 official census category "Hebrew" (origin/ethnicity); now described as Jewish origin. 5 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 1,295 Methodists, 883 Roman Catholics, 781 Anglicans (Church of England), 580 Presbyterians, 20 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 15 Jews, 11 Salvation Army adherents, 10 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 8 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 7 Baptists, 3 Congregationalists, 2 adherents of Eastern religions, 2 Lutherans, 1 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON124012 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON124012 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q1208051
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gananoque
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gananoque

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). "Gananoque, T-V, Ontario (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/gananoque-t-v-on124012-1921/.