Prescott, T-V, Ontario (1921 census)

Prescott, T-V was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 2,636. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q2420628. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.713°N, 75.524°W.

Population

In 1921, Prescott, T-V had a population of 2,636: 1,248 male and 1,388 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, Prescott, T-V shared boundaries with:

• Augusta

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 38 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 2,636 total population, 1,388 females in the population, 1,248 males in the population, 1,237 females born in Canada, 1,114 males born in Canada, 86 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 70 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 65 females born outside the British Empire, 64 males born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 1,043 persons of British origin (English), 903 persons of British origin (Irish), 431 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 145 persons of French origin, 48 persons of Dutch origin, 17 persons of German origin, 12 persons of Italian origin, 8 persons of British origin (other), 6 persons of Syrian origin, 4 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 3 persons of Scandinavian origin, 2 persons of Austrian origin, 2 persons of other European origin, 1 persons of Belgian origin, 1 persons of Polish origin. 5 persons recorded under the official census category "Indian"; corresponds to what is now described as Indigenous (First Nations; in northern enumerations also Inuit) origin. "Indian" was simultaneously a census category and the legal/administrative term under the Indian Act (1876). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 745 Roman Catholics, 713 Anglicans (Church of England), 693 Methodists, 448 Presbyterians, 12 Baptists, 6 Lutherans, 5 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 5 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 3 Brethren, 3 Congregationalists, 2 Adventists, 2 Salvation Army adherents, 1 adherents of Eastern religions. (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: ON113006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON113006_1911 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q2420628
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prescott,_Ontario
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prescott_(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). "Prescott, T-V, Ontario (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/prescott-t-v-on113006-1921/.