Port Colborne, T-V, Ontario (1921 census)

Port Colborne, T-V was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 3,415. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q424704. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.888°N, 79.262°W.

Population

In 1921, Port Colborne, T-V had a population of 3,415: 1,890 male and 1,525 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, Port Colborne, T-V shared boundaries with:

• Humberstone

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 42 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 3,415 total population, 1,890 males in the population, 1,525 females in the population, 1,234 males born in Canada, 1,119 females born in Canada, 453 males born outside the British Empire, 232 females born outside the British Empire, 203 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 174 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 1,421 persons of British origin (English), 389 persons of British origin (Irish), 360 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 305 persons of German origin, 271 persons of French origin, 198 persons of Italian origin, 157 persons of other European origin, 56 persons of Austrian origin, 45 persons of Polish origin, 42 persons of Dutch origin, 41 persons of British origin (other), 41 persons of Russian origin, 32 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 17 persons of Syrian origin, 7 persons of Ukrainian origin, 6 persons of Greek origin, 6 persons of Scandinavian origin. 21 persons recorded under the 1921 official census category "Hebrew" (origin/ethnicity); now described as Jewish origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 1,041 Roman Catholics, 818 Anglicans (Church of England), 529 Presbyterians, 480 Methodists, 255 Baptists, 140 Lutherans, 63 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 25 Mennonites, 21 Jews, 20 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 8 Disciples of Christ, 7 Mormons (Latter-day Saints), 4 Congregationalists, 3 adherents of Eastern religions, 1 Salvation Army adherents. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON151012 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON151012 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q424704
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Colborne
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Colborne

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). "Port Colborne, T-V, Ontario (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/port-colborne-t-v-on151012-1921/.