Pearson, Ontario (1921 census)
Pearson was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 253. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115262559. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.192°N, 89.636°W.
Population
In 1921, Pearson had a population of 253: 137 male and 116 female residents.
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 Conmee & Pearson, 1911 (45.4% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921
In the 1921 census, Pearson shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1921
The 1921 census recorded 28 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.
Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 253 total population, 137 males in the population, 116 females in the population, 79 females born in Canada, 75 males born in Canada, 53 males born outside the British Empire, 31 females born outside the British Empire, 9 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 6 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)
Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 96 persons of Finnish origin, 44 persons of British origin (English), 35 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 25 persons of Scandinavian origin, 21 persons of British origin (Irish), 14 persons of Ukrainian origin, 9 persons of Polish origin, 5 persons of Italian origin, 2 persons of German origin, 1 persons of British origin (other), 1 persons of other European origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)
Religion (1921). This community's record includes 119 Lutherans, 42 Presbyterians, 26 Anglicans (Church of England), 26 Methodists, 16 Roman Catholics, 14 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 9 Baptists, 1 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON147020— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON147020— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q115262559
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). "Pearson, Ontario (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/pearson-on147020-1921/.