Glencoe, VL, Ontario (1921 census)

Glencoe, VL was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 862. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115134624. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.763°N, 81.710°W.

Population

In 1921, Glencoe, VL had a population of 862: 410 male and 452 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, Glencoe, VL shared boundaries with:

• Ekfrid

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 29 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 862 total population, 452 females in the population, 410 males in the population, 386 females born in Canada, 325 males born in Canada, 60 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 45 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 25 males born outside the British Empire, 21 females born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 345 persons of British origin (English), 259 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 207 persons of British origin (Irish), 16 persons of French origin, 15 persons of German origin, 10 persons of other European origin, 5 persons of Austrian origin, 2 persons of Belgian origin, 1 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 1 persons of Dutch origin, 1 persons of Italian origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 386 Presbyterians, 263 Methodists, 159 Anglicans (Church of England), 22 Baptists, 15 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 13 Roman Catholics, 2 Mormons (Latter-day Saints), 1 adherents of Eastern religions, 1 members of the Evangelical Association. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON128020 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON128020 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115134624

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). "Glencoe, VL, Ontario (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/glencoe-vl-on128020-1921/.