Wingham, T-V, Ontario (1921 census)

Wingham, T-V was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 2,092. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q4249510. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.885°N, 81.302°W.

Population

In 1921, Wingham, T-V had a population of 2,092: 926 male and 1,166 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, Wingham, T-V shared boundaries with:

• Turnberry

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 33 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 2,092 total population, 1,166 females in the population, 1,004 females born in Canada, 926 males in the population, 759 males born in Canada, 134 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 133 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 33 males born outside the British Empire, 29 females born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 1,003 persons of British origin (English), 530 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 479 persons of British origin (Irish), 31 persons of German origin, 16 persons of French origin, 4 persons of British origin (other), 4 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 4 persons of Dutch origin, 4 persons of Italian origin, 3 persons of other European origin. 8 persons recorded under the 1921 official census category "Hebrew" (origin/ethnicity); now described as Jewish origin. 1 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 796 Presbyterians, 597 Methodists, 485 Anglicans (Church of England), 91 Baptists, 74 Roman Catholics, 28 Salvation Army adherents, 8 Jews, 5 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 2 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 2 Brethren, 2 Congregationalists, 2 Disciples of Christ. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON119020 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON119020 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q4249510
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wingham,_Ontario
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wingham_(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). "Wingham, T-V, Ontario (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/wingham-t-v-on119020-1921/.