Way, Ontario (1921 census)
Way was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 1,205. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.644°N, 83.781°W.
Population
In 1921, Way had a population of 1,205: 734 male and 471 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 Other parts, 1911 (0.5% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921
In the 1921 census, Way shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1921
The 1921 census recorded 38 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.
Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 1,205 total population, 734 males in the population, 545 males born in Canada, 471 females in the population, 408 females born in Canada, 163 males born outside the British Empire, 50 females born outside the British Empire, 26 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 13 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)
Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 673 persons of French origin, 157 persons of British origin (English), 85 persons of British origin (Irish), 49 persons of Russian origin, 30 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 29 persons of Ukrainian origin, 28 persons of Austrian origin, 22 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 16 persons of Italian origin, 15 persons of Finnish origin, 13 persons of German origin, 9 persons of Scandinavian origin, 8 persons of other European origin, 8 persons of Polish origin, 6 persons of Syrian origin, 2 persons of Dutch origin, 1 persons of Greek origin. 54 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 784 Roman Catholics, 105 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 103 Presbyterians, 87 Anglicans (Church of England), 54 Jews, 45 Methodists, 13 Lutherans, 10 adherents of Eastern religions, 2 Baptists, 1 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 1 members of the Evangelical Association. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON102098— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON102098— 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). "Way, Ontario (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/way-on102098-1921/.