Walkerton, T-V, Ontario (1921 census)

Walkerton, T-V was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 2,344. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7962384. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.132°N, 81.149°W.

Population

In 1921, Walkerton, T-V had a population of 2,344: 1,154 male and 1,190 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, Walkerton, T-V shared boundaries with:

• Brant

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 2,344 total population, 1,190 females in the population, 1,154 males in the population, 1,045 females born in Canada, 956 males born in Canada, 118 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 93 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 80 males born outside the British Empire, 52 females born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 758 persons of German origin, 498 persons of British origin (English), 425 persons of British origin (Irish), 412 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 133 persons of French origin, 25 persons of Dutch origin, 19 persons of Scandinavian origin, 14 persons of Austrian origin, 13 persons of Italian origin, 11 persons of British origin (other), 8 persons of Polish origin, 6 persons of Russian origin, 5 persons of other European origin, 5 persons of Ukrainian origin, 1 persons of Belgian origin, 1 persons of Greek origin. 5 persons recorded under the 1921 official census category "Hebrew" (origin/ethnicity); now described as Jewish origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 828 Roman Catholics, 577 Presbyterians, 359 Methodists, 304 Anglicans (Church of England), 112 Lutherans, 92 Baptists, 17 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 13 members of the Evangelical Association, 12 Disciples of Christ, 10 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 5 Jews, 5 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 4 Adventists, 3 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 2 Salvation Army adherents, 1 Brethren, 1 Congregationalists. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON104021 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON104021 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q7962384
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walkerton,_Ontario
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walkerton_(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). "Walkerton, T-V, Ontario (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/walkerton-t-v-on104021-1921/.