Wolfe Island & Garden Island, Ontario (1921 census)

Name: Wolfe Island & Garden Island (1921)
Address: Ontario, CA

Wolfe Island & Garden Island was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 1,579. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q680569. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.179°N, 76.392°W.

Population

In 1921, Wolfe Island & Garden Island had a population of 1,579: 807 male and 772 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 contained Garden Island, Village, 1911 (0.2% share).

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 23 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 1,579 total population, 807 males in the population, 772 females in the population, 737 males born in Canada, 730 females born in Canada, 42 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 28 males born outside the British Empire, 25 females born outside the British Empire, 17 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 728 persons of British origin (Irish), 592 persons of British origin (English), 193 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 52 persons of French origin, 8 persons of Dutch origin, 4 persons of German origin, 2 persons of Scandinavian origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 790 Roman Catholics, 362 Anglicans (Church of England), 210 Methodists, 205 Presbyterians, 10 Baptists, 1 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 1 Lutherans. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: ON111016 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON111016 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
Wikidata: Q680569
Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfe_Island
Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%8Ele_Wolfe

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). "Wolfe Island & Garden Island, Ontario (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/wolfe-island-garden-island-on111016-1921/.