St. Thomas, City—Cité, Ontario (1921 census)
St. Thomas, City—Cité was a city in Ontario, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 16,026. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.781°N, 81.203°W.
Population
In 1921, St. Thomas, City—Cité had a population of 16,026: 7,839 male and 8,187 female residents. Population density was 15976.8 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 1,274 |
| 1861 | 1,631 |
| 1871 | 2,197 |
| 1881 | 8,367 |
| 1891 | 10,366 |
| 1901 | 11,485 |
| 1911 | 14,054 |
| 1921 | 16,026 |
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, St. Thomas, City—Cité shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1921
The 1921 census recorded 53 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 2 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| POP F | 8,187 |
| POP M | 7,839 |
| POP TOT | 16,026 |
Other recorded variables (50 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| ADVENTISTS | 6 |
| ANGLICANS | 3,939 |
| ASIA CHINESE AND JAPANESE | 29 |
| ASIA OTHER | 1 |
| ASIA SYRIAN | 42 |
| BAPTISTS | 1,696 |
| BRETHREN | 5 |
| BRIT BORN F | 1,632 |
| BRIT BORN M | 1,709 |
| BRIT ENG | 9,785 |
| BRIT IRISH | 2,201 |
| BRIT OTHER | 77 |
| BRIT SCOTCH | 2,735 |
| CAN BORN F | 6,224 |
| CAN BORN M | 5,756 |
| CHRISTIANS | 60 |
| CONGREGATIONALISTS | 8 |
| CSD TYPE | C |
| DISCIPLES OF CHRIST | 229 |
| EASTERN RELIGIONS | 2 |
| EUR AUSTRIAN | 18 |
| EUR BELGIAN | 14 |
| EUR DUTCH | 273 |
| EUR FRENCH | 178 |
| EUR GERMAN | 337 |
| EUR GREEK | 6 |
| EUR HEBREW | 75 |
| EUR ITALIAN | 43 |
| EUR OTHER | 19 |
| EUR POLISH | 21 |
| EUR RUSSIAN | 7 |
| EUR SCANDINAVIAN | 30 |
| EUR UKRAINIAN | 1 |
| EVANGELICAL ASSOCIATION | 29 |
| FOREIGN BORN F | 331 |
| FOREIGN BORN M | 374 |
| GREEK CHURCH | 51 |
| INDIAN | 67 |
| JEWS | 74 |
| LUTHERANS | 11 |
| MENNONITES | 5 |
| METHODISTS | 4,524 |
| MORMONS | 120 |
| NEGRO | 21 |
| OTHER SECTS | 401 |
| PRESBYTERIANS | 3,195 |
| PROTESTANTS | 4 |
| ROMAN CATHOLICS | 1,323 |
| SALVATION ARMY | 297 |
| UNSPECIFIED | 46 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON109008— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON109008_1851— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.
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. Thomas, City—Cité, Ontario (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/st-thomas-city-cit-on109008-1921/.