Hungerford, Ontario (1921 census)

Hungerford was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 3,326. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115261809. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.461°N, 77.245°W.

Population

In 1921, Hungerford had a population of 3,326: 1,741 male and 1,585 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, Hungerford shared boundaries with:

• Camden
• Elzevir
• Huntingdon
• Kaladar
• Madoc
• Richmond
• Sheffield
• Tweed, VL
• Tyendinaga

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 29 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 3,326 total population, 1,741 males in the population, 1,665 males born in Canada, 1,585 females in the population, 1,511 females born in Canada, 66 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 61 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 13 females born outside the British Empire, 10 males born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 1,198 persons of British origin (Irish), 1,151 persons of British origin (English), 793 persons of French origin, 128 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 27 persons of Dutch origin, 13 persons of German origin, 5 persons of Italian origin, 4 persons of Russian origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 1,569 Roman Catholics, 1,247 Methodists, 411 Anglicans (Church of England), 78 Presbyterians, 7 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 6 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 4 Mormons (Latter-day Saints), 3 Baptists, 3 Salvation Army adherents, 2 Lutherans, 1 Adventists, 1 Congregationalists. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON118009 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON118009 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115261809

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). "Hungerford, Ontario (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/hungerford-on118009-1921/.