Ingersoll, T-V, Ontario (1921 census)

Ingersoll, T-V was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 5,150. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q594706. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.034°N, 80.876°W.

Population

In 1921, Ingersoll, T-V had a population of 5,150: 2,454 male and 2,696 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, Ingersoll, T-V shared boundaries with:

• Oxford W

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 43 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 5,150 total population, 2,696 females in the population, 2,454 males in the population, 2,137 females born in Canada, 1,863 males born in Canada, 510 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 505 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 81 males born outside the British Empire, 54 females born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 3,049 persons of British origin (English), 891 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 806 persons of British origin (Irish), 94 persons of Dutch origin, 82 persons of French origin, 78 persons of German origin, 27 persons of British origin (other), 13 persons of other European origin, 11 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 11 persons of Italian origin, 6 persons of Scandinavian origin, 5 persons of Greek origin, 1 persons of Russian origin, 1 persons of Syrian origin. 28 persons recorded under the 1911/1921 official census category "Negro"; refers to people of African descent. Term is now considered offensive and is preserved here only as the historical source label. 3 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 1,420 Methodists, 1,367 Anglicans (Church of England), 1,002 Presbyterians, 627 Baptists, 504 Roman Catholics, 140 Salvation Army adherents, 44 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 19 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 8 Lutherans, 7 adherents of Eastern religions, 7 Adventists, 5 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 3 Jews, 3 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 1 Brethren, 1 Congregationalists, 1 Mennonites, 1 Mormons (Latter-day Saints). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 people connected to this place who were alive in 1921, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON134013 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON134013 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q594706
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingersoll,_Ontario
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingersoll_(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). "Ingersoll, T-V, Ontario (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/ingersoll-t-v-on134013-1921/.