Litchfield, Quebec (1921 census)

Litchfield was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 1,236. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3256534. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.788°N, 76.596°W.

Population

In 1921, Litchfield had a population of 1,236: 647 male and 589 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, Litchfield shared boundaries with:

• Bryson, VL
• Campbells Bay, VL
• Clarendon
• Leslie
• Pontefract
• Portage du Fort, VL
• Thorne

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 22 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 1,236 total population, 647 males in the population, 638 males born in Canada, 589 females in the population, 581 females born in Canada, 8 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 7 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 1 females born outside the British Empire, 1 males born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 821 persons of British origin (Irish), 257 persons of French origin, 110 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 39 persons of British origin (English), 7 persons of German origin, 1 persons of British origin (other). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 891 Roman Catholics, 146 Presbyterians, 110 Methodists, 73 Anglicans (Church of England), 15 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 1 Baptists, 1 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC079015 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC079015 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3256534
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litchfield,_Quebec
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litchfield_(Qu%C3%A9bec)

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). "Litchfield, Quebec (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/litchfield-qc079015-1921/.