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Year: 1921  |  Province: Ontario  |  Wikidata: Q912253

North Bay, T-V, Ontario (1921 census)

North Bay, T-V was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 10,692. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q912253. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.314°N, 79.467°W.

Population

In 1921, North Bay, T-V had a population of 10,692: 5,361 male and 5,331 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
19012,530
19117,737
192110,692

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, North Bay, T-V shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 44 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 10,692 total population, 5,361 males in the population, 5,331 females in the population, 4,426 females born in Canada, 4,235 males born in Canada, 712 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 646 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 414 males born outside the British Empire, 259 females born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 3,591 persons of British origin (English), 2,225 persons of British origin (Irish), 2,087 persons of French origin, 1,662 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 548 persons of Italian origin, 146 persons of German origin, 57 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 51 persons of British origin (other), 44 persons of Greek origin, 31 persons of Russian origin, 31 persons of Scandinavian origin, 25 persons of Syrian origin, 22 persons of Belgian origin, 19 persons of other European origin, 16 persons of Austrian origin, 8 persons of Dutch origin, 5 persons of Polish origin, 3 persons of Ukrainian origin, 2 persons of Finnish origin. 66 persons recorded under the 1921 official census category "Hebrew" (origin/ethnicity); now described as Jewish origin. 13 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). 7 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 4,390 Roman Catholics, 2,312 Presbyterians, 1,870 Anglicans (Church of England), 1,542 Methodists, 333 Baptists, 66 Jews, 56 Salvation Army adherents, 37 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 33 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 24 Lutherans, 23 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 5 adherents of Eastern religions, 3 Protestants (general / no denomination specified). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

Identifiers

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). "North Bay, T-V, Ontario (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/north-bay-t-v-on130091-1921/.