New Hamburg, VL, Ontario (1921 census)

New Hamburg, VL was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 1,351. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7008036. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.380°N, 80.715°W.

Population

In 1921, New Hamburg, VL had a population of 1,351: 633 male and 718 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, New Hamburg, VL shared boundaries with:

• Wilmot

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 28 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 1,351 total population, 718 females in the population, 695 females born in Canada, 633 males in the population, 609 males born in Canada, 22 females born outside the British Empire, 21 males born outside the British Empire, 3 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 1 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 1,129 persons of German origin, 104 persons of British origin (English), 39 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 23 persons of British origin (Irish), 20 persons of other European origin, 16 persons of French origin, 8 persons of Polish origin, 7 persons of Austrian origin, 4 persons of Italian origin, 1 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 498 Lutherans, 236 members of the Evangelical Association, 197 Roman Catholics, 127 Baptists, 121 Mennonites, 83 Methodists, 57 Anglicans (Church of England), 27 Presbyterians, 5 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON150013 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON150013 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q7008036
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Hamburg,_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). "New Hamburg, VL, Ontario (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/new-hamburg-vl-on150013-1921/.