Tisdale & Porcupine District, Ontario (1921 census)

Name: Tisdale & Porcupine District (1921)
Address: Ontario, CA

Tisdale & Porcupine District was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 3,918. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.364°N, 81.383°W.

Population

In 1921, Tisdale & Porcupine District had a population of 3,918: 2,478 male and 1,440 female residents.

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, Tisdale & Porcupine District shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 41 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 3,918 total population, 2,478 males in the population, 1,440 females in the population, 1,265 males born in Canada, 1,008 females born in Canada, 850 males born outside the British Empire, 363 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 268 females born outside the British Empire, 164 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 878 persons of British origin (English), 617 persons of French origin, 530 persons of British origin (Irish), 481 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 439 persons of Italian origin, 211 persons of other European origin, 180 persons of Polish origin, 168 persons of Finnish origin, 81 persons of Austrian origin, 42 persons of Scandinavian origin, 37 persons of German origin, 37 persons of Ukrainian origin, 32 persons of Russian origin, 27 persons of Syrian origin, 24 persons of Dutch origin, 23 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 14 persons of British origin (other), 2 persons of Belgian origin. 93 persons recorded under the 1921 official census category "Hebrew" (origin/ethnicity); now described as Jewish origin. 2 persons recorded under the 1911/1921 official census category "Negro"; refers to people of African descent. Term is now considered offensive and is preserved here only as the historical source label. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 1,828 Roman Catholics, 595 Presbyterians, 570 Anglicans (Church of England), 322 Methodists, 210 Lutherans, 196 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 93 Jews, 74 Baptists, 16 adherents of Eastern religions, 8 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 5 Salvation Army adherents, 1 Congregationalists. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: ON148177 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON148177 — 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). "Tisdale & Porcupine District, Ontario (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/tisdale-porcupine-district-on148177-1921/.