Pickering, Ontario (1921 census)

Pickering was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 4,910. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q386626. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.901°N, 79.095°W.

Population

In 1921, Pickering had a population of 4,910: 2,528 male and 2,382 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, Pickering shared boundaries with:

• Markham
• Reach
• Scarborough
• Uxbridge
• Whitby

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 4,910 total population, 2,528 males in the population, 2,382 females in the population, 2,131 males born in Canada, 2,067 females born in Canada, 351 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 277 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 46 males born outside the British Empire, 38 females born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 3,190 persons of British origin (English), 669 persons of British origin (Irish), 669 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 166 persons of Dutch origin, 61 persons of British origin (other), 50 persons of German origin, 37 persons of French origin, 13 persons of other European origin, 9 persons of Italian origin, 6 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 6 persons of Scandinavian origin, 4 persons of Polish origin, 4 persons of Ukrainian origin, 2 persons of Russian origin, 1 persons of Austrian origin. 19 persons recorded under the 1921 official census category "Hebrew" (origin/ethnicity); now described as Jewish origin. 3 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 2,140 Methodists, 1,088 Presbyterians, 581 Anglicans (Church of England), 490 Baptists, 303 Roman Catholics, 107 Mennonites, 79 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 68 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 19 Jews, 10 Disciples of Christ, 5 Salvation Army adherents, 4 Congregationalists, 3 adherents of Eastern religions, 3 Mormons (Latter-day Saints), 2 Lutherans, 1 Brethren, 1 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 1 Protestants (general / no denomination specified). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; 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: ON133003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON133003 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q386626
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pickering,_Ontario
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pickering

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). "Pickering, Ontario (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/pickering-on133003-1921/.