Port Stanley, VL, Ontario (1921 census)

Port Stanley, VL was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 973. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7230953. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.674°N, 81.201°W.

Population

In 1921, Port Stanley, VL had a population of 973: 509 male and 464 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 Stanley, VL shared boundaries with:

• Yarmouth

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 36 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 973 total population, 509 males in the population, 464 females in the population, 420 males born in Canada, 380 females born in Canada, 59 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 57 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 32 males born outside the British Empire, 25 females born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 515 persons of British origin (English), 181 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 135 persons of British origin (Irish), 52 persons of German origin, 31 persons of Dutch origin, 29 persons of French origin, 10 persons of British origin (other), 9 persons of Austrian origin, 4 persons of Scandinavian origin, 2 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 2 persons of Greek origin, 1 persons of other European origin, 1 persons of Russian origin. 1 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 354 Methodists, 303 Anglicans (Church of England), 217 Presbyterians, 35 Roman Catholics, 32 Baptists, 10 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 10 Adventists, 5 Disciples of Christ, 2 adherents of Eastern religions, 2 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 1 Jews, 1 Lutherans, 1 Salvation Army adherents. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON109011 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON109011 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q7230953
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Stanley,_Ontario
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Stanley_(Ontario)

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 Stanley, VL, Ontario (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/port-stanley-vl-on109011-1921/.