Guilford, Ontario (1921 census)
Guilford was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 330. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115261639. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.152°N, 78.560°W.
Population
In 1921, Guilford had a population of 330: 169 male and 161 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 Dysart & Guilford, 1911 (52.2% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921
In the 1921 census, Guilford shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1921
The 1921 census recorded 22 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.
Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 330 total population, 169 males in the population, 166 males born in Canada, 161 females in the population, 157 females born in Canada, 4 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 2 males born outside the British Empire, 1 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)
Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 165 persons of British origin (English), 80 persons of British origin (Irish), 43 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 22 persons of Dutch origin, 14 persons of French origin, 4 persons of Scandinavian origin, 2 persons of British origin (other). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)
Religion (1921). This community's record includes 149 Methodists, 95 Anglicans (Church of England), 44 Baptists, 23 Presbyterians, 14 Brethren, 3 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 2 Roman Catholics. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON116007— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON116007— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q115261639
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). "Guilford, Ontario (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/guilford-on116007-1921/.