Wainwright, Ontario (1921 census)
Wainwright was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 276. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115263087. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.843°N, 92.870°W.
Population
In 1921, Wainwright had a population of 276: 156 male and 120 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 Britton, Rugby & Wainwright, 1911 (33.0% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921
In the 1921 census, Wainwright shared boundaries with:
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 276 total population, 156 males in the population, 120 females in the population, 117 males born in Canada, 89 females born in Canada, 31 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 24 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 8 males born outside the British Empire, 7 females born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)
Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 120 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 107 persons of British origin (English), 40 persons of British origin (Irish), 7 persons of German origin, 1 persons of Austrian origin, 1 persons of Scandinavian origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)
Religion (1921). This community's record includes 82 Anglicans (Church of England), 72 Presbyterians, 64 Methodists, 38 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 8 Baptists, 6 Lutherans, 6 Roman Catholics. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON120027— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON120027— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q115263087
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). "Wainwright, Ontario (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/wainwright-on120027-1921/.