Wiarton, T-V, Ontario (1921 census)

Wiarton, T-V was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 1,726. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3567895. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.726°N, 81.153°W.

Population

In 1921, Wiarton, T-V had a population of 1,726: 851 male and 875 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, Wiarton, T-V shared boundaries with:

• Amabel

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 36 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 1,726 total population, 875 females in the population, 851 males in the population, 785 females born in Canada, 750 males born in Canada, 78 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 72 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 23 males born outside the British Empire, 18 females born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 620 persons of British origin (English), 446 persons of British origin (Irish), 408 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 149 persons of German origin, 36 persons of Dutch origin, 25 persons of French origin, 7 persons of British origin (other), 7 persons of Scandinavian origin, 5 persons of Italian origin, 1 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 1 persons of other European origin. 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 520 Presbyterians, 401 Methodists, 313 Baptists, 253 Anglicans (Church of England), 76 Lutherans, 53 Mormons (Latter-day Saints), 30 Roman Catholics, 18 Mennonites, 18 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 18 Salvation Army adherents, 15 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 4 Disciples of Christ, 3 Jews, 2 Congregationalists, 2 members of the Evangelical Association. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON104022 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON104022 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3567895
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiarton
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiarton_(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). "Wiarton, T-V, Ontario (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/wiarton-t-v-on104022-1921/.