Wilberforce, Ontario (1921 census)

Wilberforce was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 1,698. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115263150. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.613°N, 77.124°W.

Population

In 1921, Wilberforce had a population of 1,698: 913 male and 785 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).

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 Algona N & Wilberforce, 1911 (76.9% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, Wilberforce shared boundaries with:

• Algona N
• Algona S
• Alice & Fraser
• Bromley
• Eganville, VL
• Grattan
• Indian reserves
• Stafford

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 25 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 1,698 total population, 913 males in the population, 803 males born in Canada, 785 females in the population, 673 females born in Canada, 96 females born outside the British Empire, 95 males born outside the British Empire, 16 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 15 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 960 persons of German origin, 388 persons of British origin (English), 275 persons of British origin (Irish), 44 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 11 persons of French origin, 9 persons of Russian origin, 6 persons of Polish origin, 5 persons of Belgian origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 728 Lutherans, 324 Methodists, 307 Anglicans (Church of England), 173 Roman Catholics, 141 Presbyterians, 14 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 10 members of the Evangelical Association, 1 Mormons (Latter-day Saints). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON142033 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON142033 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115263150

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). "Wilberforce, Ontario (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/wilberforce-on142033-1921/.