Murchison, Ontario (1921 census)
Murchison was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 482. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115262404. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.556°N, 78.037°W.
Population
In 1921, Murchison had a population of 482: 279 male and 203 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 Lyell, Murchison, Cross Lake, Dickens, Preston & Clancy, 1911 (18.9% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921
In the 1921 census, Murchison shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1921
The 1921 census recorded 27 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.
Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 482 total population, 279 males in the population, 240 males born in Canada, 203 females in the population, 192 females born in Canada, 22 males born outside the British Empire, 17 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 6 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 5 females born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)
Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 152 persons of British origin (Irish), 136 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 66 persons of German origin, 42 persons of British origin (English), 35 persons of French origin, 22 persons of Polish origin, 13 persons of Austrian origin, 3 persons of Syrian origin, 1 persons of Russian origin. 12 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 231 Roman Catholics, 98 Presbyterians, 85 Anglicans (Church of England), 33 Lutherans, 26 Methodists, 7 Baptists, 1 adherents of Eastern religions, 1 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON130059— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON130059— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q115262404
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). "Murchison, Ontario (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/murchison-on130059-1921/.