Macpherson, Ontario (1921 census)
Macpherson was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 498. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115262118. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.318°N, 80.226°W.
Population
In 1921, Macpherson had a population of 498: 263 male and 235 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 Macpherson & Loudan, 1911 (45.6% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921
In the 1921 census, Macpherson shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1921
The 1921 census recorded 10 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.
Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 498 total population, 263 males in the population, 246 males born in Canada, 235 females in the population, 220 females born in Canada, 17 males born outside the British Empire, 15 females born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)
Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 496 persons of French origin, 2 persons of British origin (English). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)
Religion (1921). This community's record includes 498 Roman Catholics. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON130054— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON130054— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q115262118
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). "Macpherson, Ontario (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/macpherson-on130054-1921/.