Nipigon, Ontario (1921 census)

Nipigon was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 482. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115262448. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.982°N, 88.339°W.

Population

In 1921, Nipigon had a population of 482: 299 male and 183 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, Nipigon shared boundaries with:

• Indian reserves
• Lyon
• Other parts

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 29 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 482 total population, 299 males in the population, 183 females in the population, 147 males born outside the British Empire, 138 males born in Canada, 115 females born in Canada, 58 females born outside the British Empire, 14 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 10 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 233 persons of Finnish origin, 108 persons of British origin (English), 42 persons of French origin, 26 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 26 persons of Scandinavian origin, 23 persons of Italian origin, 14 persons of British origin (Irish), 8 persons of Austrian origin, 1 persons of German origin. 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 248 Lutherans, 88 Roman Catholics, 72 Anglicans (Church of England), 47 Presbyterians, 13 Baptists, 9 Methodists, 2 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 1 Jews, 1 Mennonites, 1 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON147015 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON147015 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115262448

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). "Nipigon, Ontario (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/nipigon-on147015-1921/.