Preston, T-V, Ontario (1921 census)

Preston, T-V was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 5,423. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7241810. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.395°N, 80.353°W.

Population

In 1921, Preston, T-V had a population of 5,423: 2,675 male and 2,748 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, Preston, T-V shared boundaries with:

• Waterloo N & S

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 45 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 5,423 total population, 2,748 females in the population, 2,675 males in the population, 2,045 females born in Canada, 1,933 males born in Canada, 511 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 492 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 231 males born outside the British Empire, 211 females born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 2,150 persons of British origin (English), 1,658 persons of German origin, 484 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 399 persons of British origin (Irish), 201 persons of French origin, 115 persons of Ukrainian origin, 109 persons of Austrian origin, 109 persons of Polish origin, 57 persons of other European origin, 48 persons of Dutch origin, 21 persons of Russian origin, 14 persons of British origin (other), 10 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 10 persons of Scandinavian origin, 6 persons of Italian origin, 1 persons of Greek origin. 26 persons recorded under the 1921 official census category "Hebrew" (origin/ethnicity); now described as Jewish origin. 2 persons recorded under the 1911/1921 official census category "Negro"; refers to people of African descent. Term is now considered offensive and is preserved here only as the historical source label. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 1,213 Anglicans (Church of England), 1,119 Roman Catholics, 884 Methodists, 860 Lutherans, 688 Presbyterians, 367 Baptists, 120 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 55 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 31 Mennonites, 26 Jews, 23 Salvation Army adherents, 9 members of the Evangelical Association, 8 Brethren, 8 Congregationalists, 7 Mormons (Latter-day Saints), 3 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 2 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 1 Disciples of Christ. (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: ON150009 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON150009 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q7241810
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preston,_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). "Preston, T-V, Ontario (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/preston-t-v-on150009-1921/.