Oshawa, T-V, Ontario (1921 census)

Oshawa, T-V was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 11,940. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q211867. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.895°N, 78.859°W.

Population

In 1921, Oshawa, T-V had a population of 11,940: 6,021 male and 5,919 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 Oshawa t-v, 1911 (18.8% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, Oshawa, T-V shared boundaries with:

• Whitby E

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 49 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 11,940 total population, 6,021 males in the population, 5,919 females in the population, 4,472 females born in Canada, 4,315 males born in Canada, 1,285 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 1,171 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 421 males born outside the British Empire, 276 females born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 8,364 persons of British origin (English), 1,197 persons of British origin (Irish), 1,065 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 338 persons of Ukrainian origin, 161 persons of French origin, 158 persons of Polish origin, 145 persons of Russian origin, 80 persons of German origin, 74 persons of other European origin, 47 persons of British origin (other), 42 persons of Dutch origin, 41 persons of Austrian origin, 23 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 20 persons of Scandinavian origin, 18 persons of Italian origin, 10 persons of Belgian origin, 8 persons of Greek origin, 6 persons of Syrian origin. 89 persons recorded under the 1921 official census category "Hebrew" (origin/ethnicity); now described as Jewish origin. 28 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 4,591 Methodists, 3,028 Anglicans (Church of England), 1,660 Presbyterians, 1,067 Roman Catholics, 462 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 366 Baptists, 260 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 153 Salvation Army adherents, 131 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 89 Jews, 46 Adventists, 26 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 21 Brethren, 10 members of the Evangelical Association, 9 Congregationalists, 6 adherents of Eastern religions, 6 Lutherans, 5 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 3 Disciples of Christ, 1 Mormons (Latter-day Saints). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 people 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: ON133012 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON133012 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q211867
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oshawa
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oshawa

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). "Oshawa, T-V, Ontario (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/oshawa-t-v-on133012-1921/.