Amherst Island, Ontario (1911 census)
Amherst Island was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 724. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.144°N, 76.718°W.
Population
In 1911, Amherst Island had a population of 724: 392 male and 332 female residents. Population density was 27.7 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 1,287 |
| 1861 | 1,270 |
| 1871 | 1,189 |
| 1881 | 1,089 |
| 1891 | 938 |
| 1901 | 821 |
| 1911 | 724 |
| 1921 | 650 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 31 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 16,712 area in acres, 724 total population, 392 males in the population, 332 females in the population, 243 single (never-married) males, 172 families, 165 single (never-married) females, 135 married females, 134 married males, 32 widowed females, 27.73 population per square mile, 26.11 area in square miles, 13 widowed males, 2 divorced males. 821 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 1,731 persons of British origin (Irish), 735 persons of British origin (English), 687 persons of German origin, 359 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 248 persons of Dutch origin, 74 persons of French origin, 11 persons of British origin (other), 1 persons of Scandinavian origin. 2 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 307 Anglicans (Church of England), 302 Presbyterians, 57 Methodists, 55 Roman Catholics, 2 Congregationalists, 1 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 169 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON092005— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON125002— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.
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). "Amherst Island, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/amherst-island-on092005-1911/.