Grantham, Quebec (1921 census)

Grantham was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 1,581. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q63243231. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.886°N, 72.527°W.

Population

In 1921, Grantham had a population of 1,581: 809 male and 772 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, Grantham shared boundaries with:

• Drummondville, Town—Ville
• St. Germain de Grantham
• St. Majorique de Grantham
• Wickham E.

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 1,581 total population, 809 males in the population, 772 females in the population, 769 males born in Canada, 730 females born in Canada, 36 females born outside the British Empire, 32 males born outside the British Empire, 8 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 6 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 1,482 persons of French origin, 32 persons of British origin (English), 29 persons of Russian origin, 14 persons of British origin (Irish), 12 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 9 persons of Italian origin, 1 persons of Austrian origin. 2 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 1,526 Roman Catholics, 36 Anglicans (Church of England), 13 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 3 Methodists, 2 Jews, 1 Presbyterians. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC054003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC054003_1911 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q63243231

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). "Grantham, Quebec (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/grantham-qc054003-1921/.