Thorold, Ontario (1921 census)

Thorold was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 4,739. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q448120. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.064°N, 79.234°W.

Population

In 1921, Thorold had a population of 4,739: 2,687 male and 2,052 female residents.

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, Thorold shared boundaries with:

• Crowland
• Grantham
• Louth
• Pelham
• Stamford
• Thorold, T-V
• Wainfleet

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 43 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 4,739 total population, 2,687 males in the population, 2,052 females in the population, 1,484 males born in Canada, 1,324 females born in Canada, 648 males born outside the British Empire, 555 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 440 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 288 females born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 2,636 persons of British origin (English), 430 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 385 persons of British origin (Irish), 376 persons of Austrian origin, 153 persons of Ukrainian origin, 146 persons of Russian origin, 138 persons of Polish origin, 105 persons of other European origin, 103 persons of French origin, 96 persons of Italian origin, 94 persons of German origin, 26 persons of Dutch origin, 23 persons of Finnish origin, 16 persons of Greek origin, 5 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 5 persons of Scandinavian origin, 1 persons of British origin (other), 1 persons of Syrian origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 1,287 Anglicans (Church of England), 1,187 Methodists, 789 Roman Catholics, 579 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 376 Presbyterians, 309 Baptists, 84 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 62 Lutherans, 21 Adventists, 20 Disciples of Christ, 9 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 6 Salvation Army adherents, 3 adherents of Eastern religions, 3 Congregationalists, 3 Mennonites, 1 Protestants (general / no denomination specified). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON151006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON151006 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q448120
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorold
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorold_(Ontario)

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). "Thorold, Ontario (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/thorold-on151006-1921/.