St. Catharines, City—Cité, Ontario (1921 census)
St. Catharines, City—Cité was a city in Ontario, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 19,881. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q126805. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.163°N, 79.245°W.
Population
In 1921, St. Catharines, City—Cité had a population of 19,881: 9,928 male and 9,953 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 4,368 |
| 1861 | 6,284 |
| 1871 | 7,864 |
| 1881 | 9,631 |
| 1891 | 9,170 |
| 1901 | 9,946 |
| 1911 | 12,484 |
| 1921 | 19,881 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
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 St. Catharines, City—Cité, 1911 (14.9% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921
In the 1921 census, St. Catharines, City—Cité shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1921
The 1921 census recorded 54 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 2 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| POP F | 9,953 |
| POP M | 9,928 |
| POP TOT | 19,881 |
Other recorded variables (51 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| ADVENTISTS | 15 |
| ANGLICANS | 6,824 |
| ASIA CHINESE AND JAPANESE | 83 |
| ASIA OTHER | 50 |
| ASIA SYRIAN | 17 |
| BAPTISTS | 1,006 |
| BRETHREN | 18 |
| BRIT BORN F | 2,356 |
| BRIT BORN M | 2,410 |
| BRIT ENG | 10,660 |
| BRIT IRISH | 3,211 |
| BRIT OTHER | 134 |
| BRIT SCOTCH | 2,873 |
| CAN BORN F | 6,867 |
| CAN BORN M | 6,549 |
| CHRISTIANS | 6 |
| CONGREGATIONALISTS | 16 |
| CSD TYPE | C |
| DISCIPLES OF CHRIST | 92 |
| EASTERN RELIGIONS | 21 |
| EUR AUSTRIAN | 52 |
| EUR BELGIAN | 4 |
| EUR DUTCH | 461 |
| EUR FINNISH | 33 |
| EUR FRENCH | 648 |
| EUR GERMAN | 381 |
| EUR GREEK | 19 |
| EUR HEBREW | 225 |
| EUR ITALIAN | 255 |
| EUR OTHER | 139 |
| EUR POLISH | 214 |
| EUR RUSSIAN | 74 |
| EUR SCANDINAVIAN | 94 |
| EUR UKRAINIAN | 30 |
| EVANGELICAL ASSOCIATION | 9 |
| FOREIGN BORN F | 730 |
| FOREIGN BORN M | 969 |
| GREEK CHURCH | 104 |
| INDIAN | 38 |
| JEWS | 224 |
| LUTHERANS | 109 |
| MENNONITES | 9 |
| METHODISTS | 4,061 |
| MORMONS | 4 |
| NEGRO | 154 |
| OTHER SECTS | 199 |
| PRESBYTERIANS | 3,415 |
| PROTESTANTS | 16 |
| ROMAN CATHOLICS | 3,521 |
| SALVATION ARMY | 166 |
| UNSPECIFIED | 32 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON126009— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON126009— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q126805
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Catharines
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Catharines
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). "St. Catharines, City—Cité, Ontario (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/st-catharines-city-cit-on126009-1921/.