Preston, Ontario (1921 census)
Preston was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 125. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115262621. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.663°N, 78.186°W.
Population
In 1921, Preston had a population of 125.
Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)
Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.
Earlier boundary forms
- In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Lyell, Murchison, Cross Lake, Dickens, Preston & Clancy, 1911 (21.9% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921
In the 1921 census, Preston shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1921
The 1921 census recorded 19 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.
Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 125 males in the population, 125 total population, 109 males born in Canada, 13 males born outside the British Empire, 3 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)
Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 83 persons of French origin, 23 persons of Polish origin, 7 persons of Austrian origin, 5 persons of British origin (Irish), 2 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 2 persons of Russian origin, 1 persons of British origin (English), 1 persons of British origin (other), 1 persons of Dutch origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)
Religion (1921). This community's record includes 119 Roman Catholics, 2 Anglicans (Church of England), 2 Presbyterians, 1 Baptists, 1 Protestants (general / no denomination specified). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON130070— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON130070— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q115262621
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). "Preston, Ontario (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/preston-on130070-1921/.