Thornloe, VL, Ontario (1921 census)

Thornloe, VL was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 141. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q4864817. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.668°N, 79.760°W.

Population

In 1921, Thornloe, VL had a population of 141: 78 male and 63 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 Armstrong, Beauchamp & Bryce, 1911 (0.9% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, Thornloe, VL shared boundaries with:

• Armstrong
• Harley
• Hilliard
• Kerns

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 22 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 141 total population, 78 males in the population, 71 males born in Canada, 63 females in the population, 57 females born in Canada, 6 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 5 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 1 females born outside the British Empire, 1 males born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 55 persons of British origin (English), 31 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 27 persons of French origin, 25 persons of British origin (Irish), 3 persons of Scandinavian origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 60 Methodists, 26 Roman Catholics, 19 Presbyterians, 15 Baptists, 10 Anglicans (Church of England), 5 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 3 Lutherans, 3 Mormons (Latter-day Saints). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON148203 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON148203 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q4864817
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thornloe
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thornloe

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). "Thornloe, VL, Ontario (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/thornloe-vl-on148203-1921/.