Snider, Ontario (1921 census)

Snider was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 1,157. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115262861. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.496°N, 81.127°W.

Population

In 1921, Snider had a population of 1,157: 603 male and 554 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 Creighton, Snider & Waters, 1911 (33.4% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, Snider shared boundaries with:

• Blezard
• Creighton
• McKim
• Rayside
• Waters

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 34 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 1,157 total population, 603 males in the population, 554 females in the population, 351 females born in Canada, 351 males born in Canada, 203 males born outside the British Empire, 150 females born outside the British Empire, 53 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 49 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 193 persons of Finnish origin, 166 persons of British origin (English), 153 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 131 persons of British origin (Irish), 115 persons of French origin, 112 persons of Italian origin, 56 persons of Ukrainian origin, 54 persons of Polish origin, 48 persons of other European origin, 46 persons of German origin, 36 persons of Russian origin, 27 persons of Scandinavian origin, 10 persons of Dutch origin, 5 persons of Austrian origin, 2 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin. 3 persons recorded under the 1921 official census category "Hebrew" (origin/ethnicity); now described as Jewish origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 472 Roman Catholics, 223 Lutherans, 192 Presbyterians, 99 Methodists, 91 Anglicans (Church of England), 72 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 6 Baptists, 1 Congregationalists, 1 Jews. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON146112 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON146112 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115262861

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). "Snider, Ontario (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/snider-on146112-1921/.