Summerside, T-V, Prince Edward Island (1921 census)

Summerside, T-V was a town in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 3,228. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q863058. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.401°N, 63.783°W.

Population

In 1921, Summerside, T-V had a population of 3,228: 1,523 male and 1,705 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, Summerside, T-V shared boundaries with:

• Township 17

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 28 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 3,228 total population, 1,705 females in the population, 1,668 females born in Canada, 1,523 males in the population, 1,482 males born in Canada, 24 males born outside the British Empire, 21 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 17 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 16 females born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 994 persons of French origin, 980 persons of British origin (English), 893 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 328 persons of British origin (Irish), 18 persons of German origin, 9 persons of Dutch origin, 4 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 2 persons of British origin (other). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 1,567 Roman Catholics, 599 Presbyterians, 516 Methodists, 292 Anglicans (Church of England), 198 Baptists, 24 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 13 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 8 Disciples of Christ, 6 Salvation Army adherents, 4 adherents of Eastern religions, 1 Protestants (general / no denomination specified). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: PE002027 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_PE002027 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q863058
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summerside,_Prince_Edward_Island
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summerside_(%C3%8Ele-du-Prince-%C3%89douard)

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). "Summerside, T-V, Prince Edward Island (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/summerside-t-v-pe002027-1921/.