London, Ontario (1921 census)

London was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 7,201. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115262072. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.073°N, 81.300°W.

Population

In 1921, London had a population of 7,201: 3,773 male and 3,428 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, London shared boundaries with:

• Biddulph
• Delaware
• Dorchester N
• Lobo
• London, C
• McGillivray
• Nissouri W-O
• Westminster
• Williams E

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 44 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 7,201 total population, 3,773 males in the population, 3,428 females in the population, 2,944 males born in Canada, 2,844 females born in Canada, 732 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 507 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 97 males born outside the British Empire, 77 females born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 4,357 persons of British origin (English), 1,663 persons of British origin (Irish), 772 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 79 persons of French origin, 64 persons of German origin, 63 persons of Dutch origin, 61 persons of Scandinavian origin, 55 persons of British origin (other), 11 persons of Italian origin, 11 persons of other European origin, 10 persons of Russian origin, 9 persons of Polish origin, 7 persons of Austrian origin, 5 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 2 persons of Belgian origin, 1 persons of Greek origin. 12 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). 11 persons recorded under the 1921 official census category "Hebrew" (origin/ethnicity); now described as Jewish origin. 5 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. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 2,342 Methodists, 2,324 Anglicans (Church of England), 1,502 Presbyterians, 549 Roman Catholics, 377 Baptists, 31 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 31 Salvation Army adherents, 11 Jews, 9 Congregationalists, 6 Mormons (Latter-day Saints), 4 Adventists, 4 Lutherans, 4 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 3 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 1 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 1 members of the Evangelical Association. (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: ON128008 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON128008 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115262072

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, Ontario (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/london-on128008-1921/.