Lakefield, VL, Ontario (1921 census)

Lakefield, VL was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 1,189. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q114506323. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.425°N, 78.258°W.

Population

In 1921, Lakefield, VL had a population of 1,189: 577 male and 612 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, Lakefield, VL shared boundaries with:

• Douro

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 28 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 1,189 total population, 612 females in the population, 577 males in the population, 548 females born in Canada, 504 males born in Canada, 57 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 47 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 26 males born outside the British Empire, 7 females born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 569 persons of British origin (English), 401 persons of British origin (Irish), 152 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 29 persons of Italian origin, 24 persons of French origin, 2 persons of British origin (other), 2 persons of German origin, 1 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 1 persons of Dutch origin, 1 persons of Polish origin. 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 433 Methodists, 293 Anglicans (Church of England), 237 Presbyterians, 149 Roman Catholics, 68 Baptists, 4 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 3 Jews, 2 Salvation Army adherents. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON138019 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON138019 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q114506323

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). "Lakefield, VL, Ontario (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/lakefield-vl-on138019-1921/.