Acton, Village, Ontario (1911 census)

Acton, Village was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 1,720. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q344432. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.631°N, 80.033°W.

Population

In 1911, Acton, Village had a population of 1,720: 881 male and 839 female residents. Population density was 573.3 people per square mile.

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 1911

In the 1911 census, Acton, Village shared boundaries with:

• Esquesing

Full census record, 1911

The 1911 census recorded 44 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 1,920 area in acres, 1,720 total population, 881 males in the population, 839 females in the population, 573.33 population per square mile, 495 single (never-married) males, 454 single (never-married) females, 377 families, 349 married males, 330 married females, 54 widowed females, 34 widowed males, 3 area in square miles, 2 males with marital status not given, 1 divorced males, 1 females with marital status not given. 1,484 population in the previous census (1901 reference column included in 1911 V1T1). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T2.)

Ethnic origin (1911). This community's record includes 655 persons of British origin (English), 426 persons of British origin (Irish), 404 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 93 persons of German origin, 37 persons of Italian origin, 20 persons of French origin, 8 persons of British origin (other), 7 persons of Dutch origin, 4 persons of Swiss origin, 2 persons of Chinese origin, 2 persons of Russian origin, 2 persons of Scandinavian origin. 42 persons recorded under the 1911 official census category "Jewish" (origin/ethnicity, distinct from the V2T2 religion category "Jews"). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)

Religion (1911). This community's record includes 602 Presbyterians, 387 Methodists, 305 Anglicans (Church of England), 163 Roman Catholics, 142 Baptists, 42 Jews, 26 Disciples of Christ, 18 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 16 Mormons (Latter-day Saints), 14 Lutherans, 13 Congregationalists, 1 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 1 Christians (general / no denomination specified). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)

Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 377 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1911, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON076007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON117009 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q344432
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acton,_Ontario
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acton_(Ontario)

Sources

Census tabulations from the 1911 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). "Acton, Village, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/acton-village-on076007-1911/.