Lorrain, Ontario (1921 census)
Lorrain was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 243. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115262078. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.300°N, 79.563°W.
Population
In 1921, Lorrain had a population of 243: 150 male and 93 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 Lorrain & South Lorrain, 1911 (38.9% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921
In the 1921 census, Lorrain shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1921
The 1921 census recorded 26 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.
Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 243 total population, 150 males in the population, 118 males born in Canada, 93 females in the population, 75 females born in Canada, 18 males born outside the British Empire, 14 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 12 females born outside the British Empire, 6 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)
Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 79 persons of French origin, 60 persons of British origin (English), 56 persons of British origin (Irish), 21 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 11 persons of Scandinavian origin, 10 persons of Finnish origin, 4 persons of Ukrainian origin, 1 persons of Dutch origin, 1 persons of Italian origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)
Religion (1921). This community's record includes 104 Roman Catholics, 49 Anglicans (Church of England), 37 Presbyterians, 30 Methodists, 12 Lutherans, 9 Baptists, 1 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 1 Disciples of Christ. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON148113— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON148113— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q115262078
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). "Lorrain, Ontario (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/lorrain-on148113-1921/.