Hawkesbury, Village, Ontario (1921 census)

Hawkesbury, Village was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 5,544. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q2573770. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.603°N, 74.599°W.

Population

In 1921, Hawkesbury, Village had a population of 5,544: 2,805 male and 2,739 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, Hawkesbury, Village shared boundaries with:

• Hawkesbury W

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 40 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 5,544 total population, 2,805 males in the population, 2,739 females in the population, 2,684 males born in Canada, 2,658 females born in Canada, 85 males born outside the British Empire, 55 females born outside the British Empire, 36 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 26 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 4,706 persons of French origin, 268 persons of British origin (Irish), 234 persons of British origin (English), 137 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 33 persons of Scandinavian origin, 33 persons of Syrian origin, 14 persons of Austrian origin, 14 persons of German origin, 12 persons of Russian origin, 8 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 8 persons of Greek origin, 4 persons of British origin (other), 4 persons of other Asian origin, 3 persons of Dutch origin, 3 persons of Polish origin, 3 persons of Ukrainian origin, 1 persons of other European origin. 52 persons recorded under the 1921 official census category "Hebrew" (origin/ethnicity); now described as Jewish origin. 3 persons recorded under the official census category "Indian"; corresponds to what is now described as Indigenous (First Nations; in northern enumerations also Inuit) origin. "Indian" was simultaneously a census category and the legal/administrative term under the Indian Act (1876). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 4,909 Roman Catholics, 250 Anglicans (Church of England), 247 Presbyterians, 52 Jews, 28 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 28 Methodists, 9 Lutherans, 6 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 5 Baptists, 4 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 1 adherents of Eastern religions, 1 members of the Evangelical Association. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON139008 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON139008 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q2573770
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawkesbury,_Ontario
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawkesbury

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). "Hawkesbury, Village, Ontario (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/hawkesbury-village-on139008-1921/.