Raleigh, Ontario (1921 census)

Raleigh was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 4,343. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.306°N, 82.188°W.

Population

In 1921, Raleigh had a population of 4,343: 2,295 male and 2,048 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, Raleigh shared boundaries with:

• Chatham, C
• Dover E & W
• Harwich
• Tilbury E

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 41 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 4,343 total population, 2,295 males in the population, 2,048 females in the population, 1,879 males born in Canada, 1,721 females born in Canada, 215 males born outside the British Empire, 201 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 178 females born outside the British Empire, 149 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 1,807 persons of British origin (English), 915 persons of British origin (Irish), 475 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 293 persons of French origin, 238 persons of Belgian origin, 72 persons of German origin, 42 persons of Dutch origin, 20 persons of British origin (other), 16 persons of Ukrainian origin, 13 persons of Russian origin, 6 persons of Greek origin, 3 persons of Polish origin, 1 persons of Austrian origin, 1 persons of Italian origin, 1 persons of Scandinavian origin. 435 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. 4 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 1,686 Methodists, 1,057 Roman Catholics, 638 Presbyterians, 617 Anglicans (Church of England), 253 Baptists, 40 Mormons (Latter-day Saints), 17 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 10 Salvation Army adherents, 8 Disciples of Christ, 6 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 4 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 3 Lutherans, 2 Congregationalists, 2 members of the Evangelical Association, 1 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON121007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON121007 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.

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). "Raleigh, Ontario (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/raleigh-on121007-1921/.