Hanmer, Ontario (1921 census)

Hanmer was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 760. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115261683. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.669°N, 81.009°W.

Population

In 1921, Hanmer had a population of 760: 421 male and 339 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 Hanmer & Blezard, 1911 (51.3% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, Hanmer shared boundaries with:

• Blezard
• Capreol
• Lumsden
• NO DATA
• Rayside

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 13 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 760 total population, 421 males in the population, 413 males born in Canada, 339 females in the population, 333 females born in Canada, 8 males born outside the British Empire, 6 females born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 735 persons of French origin, 16 persons of Ukrainian origin, 6 persons of German origin, 3 persons of British origin (English). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 744 Roman Catholics, 16 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON146054 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON146054 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115261683

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). "Hanmer, Ontario (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/hanmer-on146054-1921/.