Port Perry, VL, Ontario (1921 census)

Port Perry, VL was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 1,143. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q484865. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.102°N, 78.962°W.

Population

In 1921, Port Perry, VL had a population of 1,143: 551 male and 592 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 Perry, VL shared boundaries with:

• Reach

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 1,143 total population, 592 females in the population, 551 males in the population, 513 females born in Canada, 474 males born in Canada, 63 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 63 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 16 females born outside the British Empire, 14 males born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 664 persons of British origin (English), 198 persons of British origin (Irish), 192 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 42 persons of Dutch origin, 10 persons of French origin, 8 persons of Italian origin, 4 persons of other European origin, 3 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 2 persons of German origin, 1 persons of British origin (other). 13 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 512 Methodists, 324 Presbyterians, 179 Anglicans (Church of England), 60 Baptists, 34 Roman Catholics, 15 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 13 Jews, 6 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 1 adherents of Eastern religions, 1 Congregationalists. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON133017 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON133017 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q484865
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Perry

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 Perry, VL, Ontario (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/port-perry-vl-on133017-1921/.