Shawanaga, Ontario (1921 census)
Shawanaga was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 108. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7491217. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.525°N, 80.295°W.
Population
In 1921, Shawanaga had a population of 108: 62 male and 46 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 Carling, Ferguson & Shawanaga, 1911 (22.2% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921
In the 1921 census, Shawanaga shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1921
The 1921 census recorded 22 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.
Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 108 total population, 62 males in the population, 54 males born in Canada, 46 females in the population, 41 females born in Canada, 5 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 3 females born outside the British Empire, 3 males born outside the British Empire, 2 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)
Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 46 persons of British origin (English), 10 persons of British origin (Irish), 6 persons of Scandinavian origin, 4 persons of French origin, 3 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish). 28 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 43 Anglicans (Church of England), 29 Methodists, 21 Roman Catholics, 11 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 2 Presbyterians, 1 Baptists, 1 Protestants (general / no denomination specified). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON135041— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON135041— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q7491217
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shawanaga_Township
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). "Shawanaga, Ontario (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/shawanaga-on135041-1921/.