Lash, Ontario (1921 census)

Lash was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 778. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115261986. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.609°N, 93.772°W.

Population

In 1921, Lash had a population of 778: 427 male and 351 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 Aylesworth, Lash & Eno (not inc), 1911 (70.7% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, Lash shared boundaries with:

• Aylesworth
• Barwick
• Carpenter
• Devlin

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 33 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 778 total population, 427 males in the population, 351 females in the population, 334 males born in Canada, 278 females born in Canada, 50 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 43 males born outside the British Empire, 40 females born outside the British Empire, 33 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 262 persons of British origin (English), 208 persons of British origin (Irish), 184 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 51 persons of German origin, 22 persons of Scandinavian origin, 19 persons of French origin, 9 persons of other European origin, 8 persons of Austrian origin, 7 persons of Belgian origin, 5 persons of Dutch origin, 2 persons of British origin (other), 1 persons of Finnish origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 367 Presbyterians, 193 Anglicans (Church of England), 120 Methodists, 58 Roman Catholics, 14 Baptists, 8 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 5 Brethren, 5 Disciples of Christ, 4 Lutherans, 2 Mormons (Latter-day Saints), 1 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 1 Salvation Army adherents. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON141019 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON141019 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115261986

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). "Lash, Ontario (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/lash-on141019-1921/.