Oneida, Ontario (1921 census)

Oneida was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 1,377. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115262501. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.001°N, 79.959°W.

Population

In 1921, Oneida had a population of 1,377: 776 male and 601 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).

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 Oneida, 1911 (80.1% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, Oneida shared boundaries with:

• Cayuga N
• Indian reserves
• Seneca
• Walpole

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 30 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 1,377 total population, 776 males in the population, 678 males born in Canada, 601 females in the population, 546 females born in Canada, 83 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 42 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 15 males born outside the British Empire, 13 females born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 594 persons of British origin (English), 403 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 285 persons of British origin (Irish), 41 persons of German origin, 7 persons of Austrian origin, 7 persons of British origin (other), 6 persons of French origin, 5 persons of Russian origin, 3 persons of Dutch origin, 2 persons of Scandinavian origin, 1 persons of other European origin. 23 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 669 Presbyterians, 402 Methodists, 155 Anglicans (Church of England), 83 Roman Catholics, 45 Baptists, 17 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 3 Lutherans, 2 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 1 Salvation Army adherents. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1921, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON115006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON115006 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115262501

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). "Oneida, Ontario (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/oneida-on115006-1921/.