Sherwood, Ontario (1921 census)

Sherwood was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 1,684. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115262826. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.517°N, 77.657°W.

Population

In 1921, Sherwood had a population of 1,684: 894 male and 790 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 Burns, Jones & Sherwood, 1911 (35.5% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, Sherwood shared boundaries with:

• Bangor
• Burns
• Hagarty
• Jones
• Radcliffe

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 26 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 1,684 total population, 894 males in the population, 826 males born in Canada, 790 females in the population, 728 females born in Canada, 66 males born outside the British Empire, 60 females born outside the British Empire, 2 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 2 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 1,381 persons of Polish origin, 171 persons of British origin (Irish), 61 persons of British origin (English), 41 persons of German origin, 8 persons of Russian origin, 7 persons of French origin, 5 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish). 7 persons recorded under the 1921 official census category "Hebrew" (origin/ethnicity); now described as Jewish origin. 3 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 1,593 Roman Catholics, 36 Anglicans (Church of England), 15 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 13 Presbyterians, 9 Methodists, 8 Lutherans, 7 Jews, 3 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON142030 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON142030 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115262826

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). "Sherwood, Ontario (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/sherwood-on142030-1921/.