Vaughan, Ontario (1921 census)

Vaughan was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 5,080. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q44013. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.838°N, 79.556°W.

Population

In 1921, Vaughan had a population of 5,080: 2,592 male and 2,488 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, Vaughan shared boundaries with:

• Albion
• Etobicoke
• King
• Markham
• Richmond Hill, VL
• Toronto Gore
• Woodbridge, VL
• York

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 5,080 total population, 2,592 males in the population, 2,488 females in the population, 2,101 males born in Canada, 2,063 females born in Canada, 450 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 373 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 52 females born outside the British Empire, 41 males born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 3,202 persons of British origin (English), 837 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 685 persons of British origin (Irish), 187 persons of Dutch origin, 46 persons of German origin, 27 persons of British origin (other), 27 persons of French origin, 17 persons of other European origin, 14 persons of Italian origin, 8 persons of Ukrainian origin, 5 persons of Belgian origin, 5 persons of Polish origin, 2 persons of Scandinavian origin. 15 persons recorded under the 1921 official census category "Hebrew" (origin/ethnicity); now described as Jewish origin. 1 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). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 1,882 Methodists, 1,405 Presbyterians, 1,028 Anglicans (Church of England), 207 Roman Catholics, 166 Lutherans, 135 Congregationalists, 104 Baptists, 51 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 25 Mormons (Latter-day Saints), 23 Brethren, 23 Disciples of Christ, 13 Jews, 13 Mennonites, 2 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 2 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 2 Salvation Army adherents, 1 Adventists. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 people connected to this place who were alive in 1921, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON154008 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON154008 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q44013
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaughan
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaughan_(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). "Vaughan, Ontario (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/vaughan-on154008-1921/.