Harriston, T-V, Ontario (1921 census)

Harriston, T-V was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 1,263. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q5666261. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.917°N, 80.872°W.

Population

In 1921, Harriston, T-V had a population of 1,263: 607 male and 656 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, Harriston, T-V shared boundaries with:

• Minto

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 32 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 1,263 total population, 656 females in the population, 607 males in the population, 589 females born in Canada, 528 males born in Canada, 70 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 49 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 18 females born outside the British Empire, 9 males born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 438 persons of British origin (English), 342 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 324 persons of British origin (Irish), 100 persons of German origin, 16 persons of Dutch origin, 9 persons of British origin (other), 9 persons of French origin, 4 persons of Belgian origin, 3 persons of other European origin, 1 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin. 13 persons recorded under the 1921 official census category "Hebrew" (origin/ethnicity); now described as Jewish origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 577 Presbyterians, 363 Methodists, 235 Anglicans (Church of England), 31 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 13 Jews, 10 Lutherans, 10 Roman Catholics, 9 Baptists, 4 Brethren, 4 Mormons (Latter-day Saints), 4 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 3 Christians (general / no denomination specified). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON152014 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON152014 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q5666261
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriston,_Ontario

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). "Harriston, T-V, Ontario (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/harriston-t-v-on152014-1921/.