Garson, Ontario (1921 census)
Garson was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 710. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115261545. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.580°N, 80.882°W.
Population
In 1921, Garson had a population of 710: 391 male and 319 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
- In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Garson & Neelon, 1911 (49.8% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921
In the 1921 census, Garson shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1921
The 1921 census recorded 28 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.
Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 710 total population, 391 males in the population, 319 females in the population, 278 males born in Canada, 239 females born in Canada, 94 males born outside the British Empire, 61 females born outside the British Empire, 19 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 19 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)
Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 208 persons of French origin, 167 persons of Finnish origin, 83 persons of British origin (English), 77 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 72 persons of British origin (Irish), 50 persons of Austrian origin, 20 persons of Italian origin, 10 persons of Scandinavian origin, 9 persons of Polish origin, 8 persons of Ukrainian origin, 5 persons of Russian origin, 1 persons of German origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)
Religion (1921). This community's record includes 342 Roman Catholics, 173 Lutherans, 82 Presbyterians, 68 Anglicans (Church of England), 25 Methodists, 12 Baptists, 8 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON146045— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON146045— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q115261545
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). "Garson, Ontario (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/garson-on146045-1921/.