Salter, Ontario (1921 census)
Salter was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 374. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115262748. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.227°N, 82.130°W.
Population
In 1921, Salter had a population of 374: 189 male and 185 female residents.
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 Harrow, May & Salter, 1911 (36.1% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921
In the 1921 census, Salter shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1921
The 1921 census recorded 25 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.
Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 374 total population, 189 males in the population, 185 females in the population, 182 males born in Canada, 173 females born in Canada, 7 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 5 females born outside the British Empire, 4 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 3 males born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)
Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 169 persons of French origin, 77 persons of British origin (Irish), 48 persons of British origin (English), 47 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 30 persons of German origin, 1 persons of British origin (other), 1 persons of Dutch origin, 1 persons of Scandinavian origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)
Religion (1921). This community's record includes 220 Roman Catholics, 45 Methodists, 39 Presbyterians, 22 Baptists, 22 Lutherans, 16 Anglicans (Church of England), 8 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 2 Salvation Army adherents. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON146105— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON146105— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q115262748
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). "Salter, Ontario (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/salter-on146105-1921/.