Glamorgan, Ontario (1921 census)

Glamorgan was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 502. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115261581. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.921°N, 78.432°W.

Population

In 1921, Glamorgan had a population of 502: 296 male and 206 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, Glamorgan shared boundaries with:

• Anstruther
• Cavendish
• Dudley
• Dysart
• Galway
• Minden
• Monmouth
• Snowdon

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 27 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 502 total population, 296 males in the population, 270 males born in Canada, 206 females in the population, 197 females born in Canada, 16 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 10 males born outside the British Empire, 6 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 3 females born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 177 persons of British origin (English), 147 persons of British origin (Irish), 111 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 25 persons of Dutch origin, 13 persons of French origin, 11 persons of British origin (other), 10 persons of other European origin, 6 persons of German origin, 2 persons of Polish origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 218 Methodists, 165 Anglicans (Church of England), 50 Presbyterians, 27 Mormons (Latter-day Saints), 24 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 5 Adventists, 5 Roman Catholics, 4 Baptists, 4 Protestants (general / no denomination specified). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON116006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON116006 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115261581

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). "Glamorgan, Ontario (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/glamorgan-on116006-1921/.