Adolphustown, Ontario (1911 census)

Adolphustown was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 616. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q4684488. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.094°N, 77.031°W.

Population

In 1911, Adolphustown had a population of 616: 295 male and 321 female residents. Population density was 32.1 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).

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 Adolphustown, 1901 (71.1% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained Adolphustown, 1921 (71.1% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911

In the 1911 census, Adolphustown shared boundaries with:

• Fredericksburg N
• Fredericksburg S
• Marysburg N
• Sophiasburg

Full census record, 1911

The 1911 census recorded 33 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 12,288 area in acres, 616 total population, 321 females in the population, 295 males in the population, 177 single (never-married) females, 163 single (never-married) males, 145 families, 119 married females, 119 married males, 32.08 population per square mile, 24 widowed females, 19.20 area in square miles, 13 widowed males, 1 females with marital status not given. 544 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 267 persons of British origin (Irish), 266 persons of French origin, 183 persons of British origin (English), 136 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 123 persons of German origin, 106 persons of Dutch origin, 3 persons of British origin (other), 1 persons of Austro-Hungarian origin, 1 persons of Belgian origin. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)

Religion (1911). This community's record includes 348 Methodists, 223 Anglicans (Church of England), 30 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 20 Presbyterians, 11 Roman Catholics, 8 Brethren, 5 Salvation Army adherents, 1 Friends (Quakers). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)

Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 145 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON092004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON125001_1921 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q4684488
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolphustown

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). "Adolphustown, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/adolphustown-on092004-1911/.