Mount Joy, Ontario (1921 census)
Mount Joy was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 825. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.494°N, 81.400°W.
Population
In 1921, Mount Joy had a population of 825: 497 male and 328 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 Other Parts, 1911 (0.1% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921
In the 1921 census, Mount Joy shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1921
The 1921 census recorded 34 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.
Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 825 total population, 497 males in the population, 398 males born in Canada, 328 females in the population, 274 females born in Canada, 67 males born outside the British Empire, 34 females born outside the British Empire, 32 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 20 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)
Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 433 persons of French origin, 112 persons of British origin (English), 110 persons of British origin (Irish), 64 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 43 persons of Finnish origin, 20 persons of Italian origin, 11 persons of Austrian origin, 5 persons of British origin (other), 5 persons of other European origin, 4 persons of Russian origin, 2 persons of German origin, 2 persons of Scandinavian origin, 1 persons of Dutch origin, 1 persons of Ukrainian origin. 12 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 585 Roman Catholics, 78 Anglicans (Church of England), 73 Presbyterians, 45 Lutherans, 24 Methodists, 12 Jews, 4 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 2 Baptists, 1 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 1 Protestants (general / no denomination specified). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON148133— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON148133— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.
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). "Mount Joy, Ontario (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/mount-joy-on148133-1921/.