Midland, T-V, Ontario (1921 census)

Midland, T-V was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 7,016. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q1931996. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.750°N, 79.903°W.

Population

In 1921, Midland, T-V had a population of 7,016: 3,540 male and 3,476 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, Midland, T-V shared boundaries with:

• Tay
• Tiny

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 47 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 7,016 total population, 3,540 males in the population, 3,476 females in the population, 3,127 females born in Canada, 3,118 males born in Canada, 322 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 267 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 100 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 2,330 persons of British origin (English), 1,820 persons of British origin (Irish), 1,254 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 1,146 persons of French origin, 157 persons of Dutch origin, 87 persons of German origin, 25 persons of Italian origin, 18 persons of British origin (other), 16 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 14 persons of Polish origin, 12 persons of other European origin, 8 persons of Greek origin, 3 persons of Finnish origin, 3 persons of Scandinavian origin, 1 persons of Austrian origin, 1 persons of Russian origin, 1 persons of Ukrainian origin. 54 persons recorded under the 1921 official census category "Hebrew" (origin/ethnicity); now described as Jewish origin. 28 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). 10 persons recorded under the 1911/1921 official census category "Negro"; refers to people of African descent. Term is now considered offensive and is preserved here only as the historical source label. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 1,764 Presbyterians, 1,716 Roman Catholics, 1,501 Methodists, 1,110 Anglicans (Church of England), 498 Baptists, 155 Salvation Army adherents, 72 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 57 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 51 Jews, 41 Brethren, 28 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 8 adherents of Eastern religions, 7 Lutherans, 5 Mormons (Latter-day Saints), 2 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 1 Congregationalists, 1 Disciples of Christ, 1 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON144021 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON144021 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q1931996
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midland,_Ontario
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midland_(Ontario)

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). "Midland, T-V, Ontario (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/midland-t-v-on144021-1921/.