Sarnia, Town—Ville, Ontario (1921 census)

Sarnia, Town—Ville was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 14,877. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q34106. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.979°N, 82.394°W.

Population

In 1921, Sarnia, Town—Ville had a population of 14,877: 7,474 male and 7,403 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, Sarnia, Town—Ville shared boundaries with:

• Sarnia

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 49 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 14,877 total population, 7,474 males in the population, 7,403 females in the population, 5,897 females born in Canada, 5,755 males born in Canada, 1,159 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 1,005 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 560 males born outside the British Empire, 501 females born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 6,847 persons of British origin (English), 3,247 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 3,015 persons of British origin (Irish), 630 persons of French origin, 297 persons of German origin, 211 persons of Dutch origin, 76 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 73 persons of British origin (other), 64 persons of Scandinavian origin, 52 persons of Ukrainian origin, 47 persons of other European origin, 39 persons of Austrian origin, 39 persons of Italian origin, 29 persons of Russian origin, 21 persons of Greek origin, 20 persons of Finnish origin, 13 persons of Polish origin, 1 persons of Belgian origin. 57 persons recorded under the 1921 official census category "Hebrew" (origin/ethnicity); now described as Jewish origin. 46 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). 27 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 4,357 Methodists, 3,585 Presbyterians, 3,251 Anglicans (Church of England), 1,843 Roman Catholics, 1,049 Baptists, 188 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 184 Salvation Army adherents, 120 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 101 Mormons (Latter-day Saints), 57 Jews, 44 Lutherans, 26 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 21 Congregationalists, 15 Mennonites, 12 Brethren, 9 adherents of Eastern religions, 8 Adventists, 4 Disciples of Christ, 4 Protestants (general / no denomination specified). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON122012 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON122012 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q34106
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarnia
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarnia_(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). "Sarnia, Town—Ville, Ontario (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/sarnia-town-ville-on122012-1921/.