Welland, C, Ontario (1921 census)

Welland, C was a city in Ontario, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 8,654. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q424773. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.987°N, 79.240°W.

Population

In 1921, Welland, C had a population of 8,654: 4,362 male and 4,292 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, Welland, C shared boundaries with:

• Crowland

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 52 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 8,654 total population, 4,362 males in the population, 4,292 females in the population, 2,797 females born in Canada, 2,666 males born in Canada, 963 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 936 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 733 males born outside the British Empire, 559 females born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 3,789 persons of British origin (English), 1,218 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 1,105 persons of British origin (Irish), 663 persons of Italian origin, 499 persons of French origin, 396 persons of German origin, 331 persons of other European origin, 232 persons of Dutch origin, 102 persons of British origin (other), 58 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 52 persons of Austrian origin, 43 persons of Polish origin, 31 persons of Russian origin, 30 persons of Scandinavian origin, 21 persons of Syrian origin, 13 persons of Belgian origin, 7 persons of Greek origin, 6 persons of Ukrainian origin, 1 persons of other Asian origin. 15 persons recorded under the 1921 official census category "Hebrew" (origin/ethnicity); now described as Jewish origin. 13 persons recorded under the 1911/1921 official census category "Negro"; refers to people of African descent. Term is now considered offensive and is preserved here only as the historical source label. 7 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 2,186 Anglicans (Church of England), 2,030 Roman Catholics, 1,747 Methodists, 1,364 Presbyterians, 646 Baptists, 245 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 139 Lutherans, 68 Disciples of Christ, 62 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 52 Salvation Army adherents, 26 Mormons (Latter-day Saints), 22 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 19 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 15 Jews, 8 Mennonites, 8 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 6 Adventists, 6 Congregationalists, 5 Brethren, 4 members of the Evangelical Association, 3 adherents of Eastern religions. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON151010 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON151010 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q424773
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welland
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welland

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). "Welland, C, Ontario (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/welland-c-on151010-1921/.