Tehkummah, Ontario (1921 census)

Tehkummah was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 560. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115262972. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.619°N, 82.041°W.

Population

In 1921, Tehkummah had a population of 560: 298 male and 262 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, Tehkummah shared boundaries with:

• Assiginack
• Carnarvon
• Sandfield

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 21 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 560 total population, 298 males in the population, 287 males born in Canada, 262 females in the population, 260 females born in Canada, 9 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 2 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 2 males born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 230 persons of British origin (Irish), 142 persons of British origin (English), 105 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 72 persons of Dutch origin, 11 persons of French origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 272 Presbyterians, 172 Methodists, 90 Anglicans (Church of England), 15 Baptists, 5 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 4 Mormons (Latter-day Saints), 1 Disciples of Christ, 1 Protestants (general / no denomination specified). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON127020 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON127020 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115262972

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). "Tehkummah, Ontario (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/tehkummah-on127020-1921/.