McKenzie, Ontario (1921 census)

McKenzie was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 216. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115262246. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.731°N, 79.983°W.

Population

In 1921, McKenzie had a population of 216: 118 male and 98 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 Burton, Harrison & McKenzie, 1911 (29.0% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, McKenzie shared boundaries with:

• Burton
• Croft
• Ferrie
• Hagerman
• Wilson

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 25 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 216 total population, 118 males in the population, 111 males born in Canada, 98 females in the population, 93 females born in Canada, 6 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 4 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 1 females born outside the British Empire, 1 males born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 55 persons of British origin (English), 47 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 42 persons of British origin (Irish), 34 persons of Dutch origin, 28 persons of French origin, 6 persons of German origin, 1 persons of other European origin. 2 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 109 Methodists, 39 Anglicans (Church of England), 36 Presbyterians, 27 Roman Catholics, 3 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 1 Baptists, 1 Disciples of Christ, 1 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON135030 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON135030 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115262246

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). "McKenzie, Ontario (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/mckenzie-on135030-1921/.