Alexandria, Village, Ontario (1911 census)

Alexandria, Village was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 2,323. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q2077128. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.312°N, 74.626°W.

Population

In 1911, Alexandria, Village had a population of 2,323: 1,104 male and 1,219 female residents. Population density was 2978.2 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, Alexandria, Village shared boundaries with:

• Lochiel

Full census record, 1911

The 1911 census recorded 36 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 2,978.21 population per square mile, 2,323 total population, 1,219 females in the population, 1,104 males in the population, 769 single (never-married) females, 701 single (never-married) males, 496 area in acres, 452 families, 386 married females, 378 married males, 64 widowed females, 25 widowed males, 0.78 area in square miles. 1,911 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 1,283 persons of French origin, 679 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 133 persons of British origin (English), 129 persons of British origin (Irish), 59 persons of Italian origin, 6 persons of Dutch origin, 3 persons of Chinese origin, 3 persons of German origin, 1 persons of Scandinavian origin. 9 persons recorded under the 1911 official census category "Jewish" (origin/ethnicity, distinct from the V2T2 religion category "Jews"). 8 persons recorded under the 1911/1921 official census category "Negro"; refers to people of African descent. Term is now considered offensive and is preserved here only as the historical source label. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)

Religion (1911). This community's record includes 1,991 Roman Catholics, 254 Presbyterians, 30 Anglicans (Church of England), 18 Methodists, 10 Baptists, 10 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 9 Jews, 6 Congregationalists, 4 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 1 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)

Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 432 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 people 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: ON070005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON112005_1891 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q2077128
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria,_Ontario
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria_(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). "Alexandria, Village, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/alexandria-village-on070005-1911/.