Amherstburg, T-V, Ontario (1911 census)

Amherstburg, T-V was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 2,560. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q385335. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.102°N, 83.102°W.

Population

In 1911, Amherstburg, T-V had a population of 2,560: 1,250 male and 1,310 female residents. Population density was 4063.5 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, Amherstburg, T-V shared boundaries with:

• Malden

Full census record, 1911

The 1911 census recorded 40 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 4,063.49 population per square mile, 2,560 total population, 1,310 females in the population, 1,250 males in the population, 698 single (never-married) males, 697 single (never-married) females, 623 families, 512 married males, 511 married females, 405 area in acres, 102 widowed females, 38 widowed males, 1 legally separated males, 1 males with marital status not given, 0.63 area in square miles. 2,222 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 862 persons of French origin, 567 persons of British origin (English), 476 persons of British origin (Irish), 269 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 146 persons of German origin, 5 persons of Chinese origin, 1 persons of Belgian origin, 1 persons of Dutch origin. 222 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. 3 persons recorded under the 1911 official census category "Jewish" (origin/ethnicity, distinct from the V2T2 religion category "Jews"). 1 persons recorded under the official census category "Indian"; corresponds to what is now described as Indigenous (First Nations; in northern enumerations also Inuit) origin. "Indian" was simultaneously a census category and the legal/administrative term under the Indian Act (1876). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)

Religion (1911). This community's record includes 1,270 Roman Catholics, 447 Methodists, 388 Anglicans (Church of England), 291 Presbyterians, 152 Baptists, 7 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 3 Jews, 2 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 1 Congregationalists, 1 Friends (Quakers), 1 Lutherans, 1 Salvation Army adherents. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)

Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 614 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 3 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: ON068011 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON110017 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q385335
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amherstburg
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amherstburg

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). "Amherstburg, T-V, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/amherstburg-t-v-on068011-1911/.