Thamesville, VL, Ontario (1921 census)

Thamesville, VL was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 800. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7709974. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.550°N, 81.977°W.

Population

In 1921, Thamesville, VL had a population of 800: 396 male and 404 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, Thamesville, VL shared boundaries with:

• Camden

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 30 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 800 total population, 404 females in the population, 396 males in the population, 341 females born in Canada, 341 males born in Canada, 52 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 45 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 11 females born outside the British Empire, 10 males born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 313 persons of British origin (English), 179 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 170 persons of British origin (Irish), 34 persons of Dutch origin, 33 persons of French origin, 31 persons of British origin (other), 15 persons of German origin, 3 persons of Belgian origin, 1 persons of other European 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). 5 persons recorded under the 1921 official census category "Hebrew" (origin/ethnicity); now described as Jewish origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 267 Methodists, 253 Presbyterians, 131 Anglicans (Church of England), 62 Roman Catholics, 54 Baptists, 13 Mormons (Latter-day Saints), 7 Disciples of Christ, 6 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 5 Jews, 1 Salvation Army adherents. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON121022 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON121022 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q7709974
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thamesville

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). "Thamesville, VL, Ontario (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/thamesville-vl-on121022-1921/.