London, C, Ontario (1921 census)
London, C was a city in Ontario, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 60,959. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q92561. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.986°N, 81.246°W.
Population
In 1921, London, C had a population of 60,959: 29,086 male and 31,873 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 London c, 1911 (66.6% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921
In the 1921 census, London, C shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1921
The 1921 census recorded 53 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.
Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 60,959 total population, 31,873 females in the population, 29,086 males in the population, 23,749 females born in Canada, 20,509 males born in Canada, 6,972 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 6,742 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 1,605 males born outside the British Empire, 1,382 females born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)
Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 34,378 persons of British origin (English), 10,806 persons of British origin (Irish), 9,789 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 1,234 persons of German origin, 759 persons of French origin, 624 persons of Dutch origin, 582 persons of Italian origin, 539 persons of British origin (other), 232 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 179 persons of Scandinavian origin, 173 persons of Polish origin, 115 persons of Russian origin, 101 persons of other European origin, 84 persons of Austrian origin, 76 persons of Syrian origin, 61 persons of Greek origin, 19 persons of Belgian origin, 14 persons of Ukrainian origin, 2 persons of other Asian origin, 1 persons of Finnish origin. 703 persons recorded under the 1921 official census category "Hebrew" (origin/ethnicity); now described as Jewish origin. 209 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. 58 persons recorded under the official census category "Indian"; corresponds to what is now described as Indigenous (First Nations; in northern enumerations also Inuit) origin. "Indian" was simultaneously a census category and the legal/administrative term under the Indian Act (1876). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)
Religion (1921). This community's record includes 19,678 Anglicans (Church of England), 14,447 Methodists, 10,966 Presbyterians, 6,630 Roman Catholics, 5,620 Baptists, 708 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 696 Jews, 579 Salvation Army adherents, 411 Congregationalists, 268 Mormons (Latter-day Saints), 221 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 177 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 151 Brethren, 149 Lutherans, 123 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 65 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 50 Disciples of Christ, 41 Adventists, 16 members of the Evangelical Association, 12 adherents of Eastern religions, 2 Mennonites. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 15 people connected to this place who were alive in 1921, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| John McClary | 1829–1921 | died here |
| Harriet Ann Mills | 1835–1921 | died here |
| Catherine Anne Campbell | 1840–1929 | died here |
| Sir Henry Vincent Meredith | 1850–1929 | born here |
| Sir Adam Beck | 1857–1925 | died here |
| Archibald Byron Macallum | 1858–1934 | died here |
| Clarence Bartlett Edwards | 1862–1921 | died here |
| Hume Blake Cronyn | 1864–1933 | died here |
| Victoria Grace Blackburn | 1865–1928 | died here |
| Peter McArthur | 1866–1924 | died here |
| Michael Francis Fallon | 1867–1931 | died here |
| Sir Edward Whipple Bancroft Morrison | 1867–1925 | born here |
| Annie Caroline MacDonald | 1874–1931 | died here |
| James Francis Jenkins | 1875–1931 | died here |
| James Bertram Collip | 1892–1965 | died here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON128016— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON128016— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q92561
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London,_Ontario
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_(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). "London, C, Ontario (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/london-c-on128016-1921/.