Humberstone, VL, Ontario (1921 census)
Humberstone, VL was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 1,524. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.902°N, 79.246°W.
Population
In 1921, Humberstone, VL had a population of 1,524: 754 male and 770 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 Humberstone, 1911 (1.8% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921
In the 1921 census, Humberstone, VL shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1921
The 1921 census recorded 35 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.
Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 1,524 total population, 770 females in the population, 754 males in the population, 640 females born in Canada, 587 males born in Canada, 86 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 81 males born outside the British Empire, 70 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 60 females born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)
Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 576 persons of British origin (English), 492 persons of German origin, 187 persons of British origin (Irish), 121 persons of Italian origin, 72 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 32 persons of French origin, 16 persons of other European origin, 15 persons of Dutch origin, 7 persons of Scandinavian origin, 3 persons of Polish origin, 2 persons of Syrian origin, 1 persons of British origin (other). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)
Religion (1921). This community's record includes 337 Methodists, 333 Lutherans, 294 Anglicans (Church of England), 231 Roman Catholics, 109 Presbyterians, 96 Baptists, 57 Mennonites, 36 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 13 Mormons (Latter-day Saints), 9 Disciples of Christ, 4 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 3 Salvation Army adherents, 1 adherents of Eastern religions, 1 Congregationalists. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON151017— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON151017— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.
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). "Humberstone, VL, Ontario (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/humberstone-vl-on151017-1921/.