Armstrong, Ontario (1911 census)

Armstrong was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 664. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q2862806. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.710°N, 79.823°W.

Population

In 1911, Armstrong had a population of 664: 280 male and 203 female residents. Population density was 13.5 people per square mile.

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 was contained in NO DATA, 1901 (0.2% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained Bryce, 1921 (33.2% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Beauchamp, 1921 (33.0% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Thornloe, VL, 1921 (0.9% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Armstrong, 1921 (32.9% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911

In the 1911 census, Armstrong shared boundaries with:

• Beauchamp
• Evanturel
• Harley
• Hilliard
• Kerns

Full census record, 1911

The 1911 census recorded 34 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 22,963 area in acres, 664 total population, 280 males in the population, 203 females in the population, 177 single (never-married) males, 122 families, 116 single (never-married) females, 93 married males, 83 married females, 35.88 area in square miles, 13.46 population per square mile, 10 widowed males, 4 widowed females. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T2.)

Ethnic origin (1911). This community's record includes 245 persons of British origin (English), 115 persons of British origin (Irish), 109 persons of French origin, 88 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 80 persons of German origin, 8 persons of Dutch origin, 8 persons of Scandinavian origin, 5 persons of British origin (other), 1 persons of Swiss origin. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)

Religion (1911). This community's record includes 252 Methodists, 143 Roman Catholics, 111 Presbyterians, 72 Anglicans (Church of England), 32 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 31 Baptists, 19 Lutherans, 5 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 2 Salvation Army adherents, 1 Disciples of Christ, 1 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)

Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 122 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON099004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON099004 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q2862806
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armstrong,_Ontario
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armstrong_(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). "Armstrong, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/armstrong-on099004-1911/.