Southworth, Ontario (1921 census)

Southworth was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 148. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115262876. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.677°N, 92.487°W.

Population

In 1921, Southworth had a population of 148: 97 male and 51 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 Unorganised, 1911 (0.1% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, Southworth shared boundaries with:

• Indian reserves
• Unorganized parts
• Zealand

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 33 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 148 total population, 97 males in the population, 57 males born in Canada, 51 females in the population, 39 females born in Canada, 24 males born outside the British Empire, 16 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 7 females born outside the British Empire, 5 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 47 persons of British origin (English), 31 persons of British origin (Irish), 10 persons of Scandinavian origin, 8 persons of French origin, 8 persons of German origin, 6 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 6 persons of Finnish origin, 6 persons of Italian origin, 6 persons of Russian origin, 3 persons of Austrian origin, 3 persons of Ukrainian origin, 1 persons of Dutch origin, 1 persons of other Asian origin, 1 persons of Polish origin. 10 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). 1 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 75 Anglicans (Church of England), 29 Roman Catholics, 24 Lutherans, 10 Presbyterians, 6 Methodists, 2 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 1 adherents of Eastern religions, 1 Baptists. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON120022 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON120022 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115262876

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). "Southworth, Ontario (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/southworth-on120022-1921/.