Shakespeare, Ontario (1921 census)
Shakespeare was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 136. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115262801. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.322°N, 81.879°W.
Population
In 1921, Shakespeare had a population of 136: 98 male and 38 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 Dunlop, Fleck, Gough & Shakespeare, 1911 (19.4% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921
In the 1921 census, Shakespeare shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1921
The 1921 census recorded 21 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.
Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 136 total population, 98 males in the population, 86 males born in Canada, 38 females in the population, 33 females born in Canada, 7 males born outside the British Empire, 5 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 5 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)
Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 80 persons of French origin, 21 persons of British origin (English), 17 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 12 persons of British origin (Irish), 2 persons of Dutch origin, 2 persons of German origin, 2 persons of Russian origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)
Religion (1921). This community's record includes 93 Roman Catholics, 23 Presbyterians, 12 Anglicans (Church of England), 6 Methodists, 1 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 1 Lutherans. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON146110— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON146110— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q115262801
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). "Shakespeare, Ontario (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/shakespeare-on146110-1921/.