Wallaceburg, T-V, Ontario (1921 census)

Wallaceburg, T-V was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 4,006. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7962941. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.605°N, 82.373°W.

Population

In 1921, Wallaceburg, T-V had a population of 4,006: 2,037 male and 1,969 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, Wallaceburg, T-V shared boundaries with:

• Chatham

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 4,006 total population, 2,037 males in the population, 1,969 females in the population, 1,650 males born in Canada, 1,632 females born in Canada, 225 males born outside the British Empire, 188 females born outside the British Empire, 162 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 149 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 2,001 persons of British origin (English), 651 persons of British origin (Irish), 581 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 427 persons of French origin, 92 persons of Belgian origin, 44 persons of Italian origin, 36 persons of Syrian origin, 34 persons of Dutch origin, 25 persons of German origin, 21 persons of Russian origin, 19 persons of Austrian origin, 15 persons of Polish origin, 11 persons of Greek origin, 8 persons of other European origin, 5 persons of British origin (other), 4 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 4 persons of Scandinavian origin. 13 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). 3 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 1,078 Roman Catholics, 938 Methodists, 855 Presbyterians, 528 Anglicans (Church of England), 510 Baptists, 39 Salvation Army adherents, 30 Mormons (Latter-day Saints), 12 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 9 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 3 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 2 Jews, 1 Lutherans, 1 Protestants (general / no denomination specified). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON121018 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON121018 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q7962941
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallaceburg

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). "Wallaceburg, T-V, Ontario (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/wallaceburg-t-v-on121018-1921/.