Kerns, Ontario (1921 census)
Kerns was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 561. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115261904. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.624°N, 79.824°W.
Population
In 1921, Kerns had a population of 561: 318 male and 243 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 Henwood & Kerns, 1911 (49.7% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921
In the 1921 census, Kerns shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1921
The 1921 census recorded 24 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.
Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 561 total population, 318 males in the population, 283 males born in Canada, 243 females in the population, 228 females born in Canada, 21 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 14 males born outside the British Empire, 9 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 6 females born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)
Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 222 persons of British origin (English), 139 persons of British origin (Irish), 93 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 64 persons of French origin, 20 persons of German origin, 13 persons of Finnish origin, 7 persons of Scandinavian origin, 3 persons of other European origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)
Religion (1921). This community's record includes 244 Methodists, 112 Presbyterians, 82 Roman Catholics, 61 Baptists, 34 Anglicans (Church of England), 15 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 13 Lutherans. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON148098— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON148098— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q115261904
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). "Kerns, Ontario (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/kerns-on148098-1921/.