Seaforth, Town—Ville, Ontario (1921 census)

Seaforth, Town—Ville was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 1,829. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7440408. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.549°N, 81.409°W.

Population

In 1921, Seaforth, Town—Ville had a population of 1,829: 825 male and 1,004 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, Seaforth, Town—Ville shared boundaries with:

• Tuckersmith

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 29 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 1,829 total population, 1,004 females in the population, 920 females born in Canada, 825 males in the population, 729 males born in Canada, 79 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 70 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 17 males born outside the British Empire, 14 females born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 586 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 565 persons of British origin (English), 525 persons of British origin (Irish), 96 persons of German origin, 18 persons of French origin, 8 persons of Belgian origin, 8 persons of other European origin, 7 persons of Dutch origin, 5 persons of British origin (other), 5 persons of Italian origin, 4 persons of Greek origin, 2 persons of Ukrainian origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 846 Presbyterians, 453 Methodists, 296 Roman Catholics, 204 Anglicans (Church of England), 24 Salvation Army adherents, 4 Lutherans, 1 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 1 Congregationalists. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON119019 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON119019 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q7440408
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seaforth,_Ontario
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seaforth_(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). "Seaforth, Town—Ville, Ontario (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/seaforth-town-ville-on119019-1921/.