Merritton, T-V, Ontario (1921 census)

Merritton, T-V was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 2,544. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q6820370. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.141°N, 79.212°W.

Population

In 1921, Merritton, T-V had a population of 2,544: 1,308 male and 1,236 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, Merritton, T-V shared boundaries with:

• Grantham

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 39 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 2,544 total population, 1,308 males in the population, 1,236 females in the population, 783 females born in Canada, 767 males born in Canada, 375 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 371 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 166 males born outside the British Empire, 82 females born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 846 persons of British origin (English), 666 persons of British origin (Irish), 530 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 134 persons of French origin, 115 persons of Italian origin, 76 persons of Dutch origin, 62 persons of German origin, 47 persons of other European origin, 18 persons of Austrian origin, 17 persons of British origin (other), 11 persons of Polish origin, 7 persons of Scandinavian origin, 4 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 3 persons of other Asian origin, 1 persons of Finnish origin, 1 persons of Greek origin. 4 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). 1 persons recorded under the 1921 official census category "Hebrew" (origin/ethnicity); now described as Jewish origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 726 Anglicans (Church of England), 675 Roman Catholics, 569 Methodists, 512 Presbyterians, 23 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 20 Baptists, 5 adherents of Eastern religions, 5 Disciples of Christ, 3 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 3 Congregationalists, 3 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 1 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON126010 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON126010 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q6820370
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merritton

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). "Merritton, T-V, Ontario (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/merritton-t-v-on126010-1921/.