Southampton, T-V, Ontario (1921 census)

Southampton, T-V was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 1,537. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7569089. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.491°N, 81.370°W.

Population

In 1921, Southampton, T-V had a population of 1,537: 776 male and 761 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, Southampton, T-V shared boundaries with:

• Saugeen

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 31 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 1,537 total population, 776 males in the population, 761 females in the population, 677 females born in Canada, 655 males born in Canada, 103 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 66 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 18 females born outside the British Empire, 18 males born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 488 persons of British origin (English), 455 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 268 persons of British origin (Irish), 162 persons of German origin, 96 persons of French origin, 33 persons of Dutch origin, 5 persons of other European origin, 2 persons of British origin (other), 1 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin. 16 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). 4 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 481 Presbyterians, 403 Methodists, 303 Anglicans (Church of England), 160 Baptists, 81 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 51 Roman Catholics, 42 Mormons (Latter-day Saints), 7 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 5 Lutherans, 3 Mennonites, 1 members of the Evangelical Association. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON104020 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON104020 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q7569089
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southampton,_Ontario
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southampton_(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). "Southampton, T-V, Ontario (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/southampton-t-v-on104020-1921/.