Arthur, Ontario (1911 census)

Arthur was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 2,401. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115260727. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.912°N, 80.650°W.

Population

In 1911, Arthur had a population of 2,401: 1,294 male and 1,107 female residents. Population density was 23.7 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, Arthur shared boundaries with:

• Arthur, VL
• Egremont
• Luther W
• Maryborough
• Minto
• Mount Forest, T-V
• Normandy
• Peel

Full census record, 1911

The 1911 census recorded 35 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 64,792 area in acres, 2,401 total population, 1,294 males in the population, 1,107 females in the population, 857 single (never-married) males, 680 single (never-married) females, 524 families, 387 married males, 376 married females, 101.14 area in square miles, 49 widowed females, 39 widowed males, 23.72 population per square mile, 10 males with marital status not given, 1 females with marital status not given, 1 legally separated females, 1 legally separated males. 2,961 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 1,345 persons of British origin (Irish), 443 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 412 persons of British origin (English), 160 persons of German origin, 33 persons of French origin, 4 persons of British origin (other). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)

Religion (1911). This community's record includes 869 Roman Catholics, 571 Presbyterians, 406 Methodists, 357 Anglicans (Church of England), 164 Baptists, 15 Brethren, 12 Mormons (Latter-day Saints), 5 Lutherans, 4 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 1 Disciples of Christ. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)

Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 517 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON133001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON152001_1881 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115260727

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). "Arthur, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/arthur-on133001-1911/.