May, Ontario (1921 census)

May was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 470. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115262185. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.235°N, 82.003°W.

Population

In 1921, May had a population of 470: 259 male and 211 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 Harrow, May & Salter, 1911 (31.9% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, May shared boundaries with:

• Gough
• HalIam
• Harrow
• Salter

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 24 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 470 total population, 259 males in the population, 242 males born in Canada, 211 females in the population, 202 females born in Canada, 10 males born outside the British Empire, 7 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 7 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 2 females born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 178 persons of French origin, 96 persons of British origin (Irish), 72 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 67 persons of British origin (English), 43 persons of German origin, 7 persons of Polish origin, 5 persons of Dutch origin, 1 persons of other European origin, 1 persons of Scandinavian origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 206 Roman Catholics, 121 Methodists, 61 Presbyterians, 41 Lutherans, 38 Anglicans (Church of England), 3 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON146087 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON146087 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115262185

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). "May, Ontario (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/may-on146087-1921/.