Parkhill, T-V, Ontario (1921 census)

Parkhill, T-V was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 1,152. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115134657. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.162°N, 81.688°W.

Population

In 1921, Parkhill, T-V had a population of 1,152: 544 male and 608 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, Parkhill, T-V shared boundaries with:

• Williams W

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 1,152 total population, 608 females in the population, 544 males in the population, 525 females born in Canada, 476 males born in Canada, 55 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 55 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 28 females born outside the British Empire, 13 males born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 443 persons of British origin (English), 338 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 225 persons of British origin (Irish), 68 persons of German origin, 25 persons of French origin, 13 persons of Dutch origin, 7 persons of British origin (other), 3 persons of Scandinavian origin, 2 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 1 persons of other European origin. 25 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 418 Methodists, 271 Presbyterians, 203 Anglicans (Church of England), 177 Roman Catholics, 57 Baptists, 16 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 4 Lutherans, 3 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 2 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 1 Disciples of Christ. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON128017 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON128017 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115134657

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). "Parkhill, T-V, Ontario (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/parkhill-t-v-on128017-1921/.