Athens, Village, Ontario (1911 census)

Athens, Village was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 802. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q570807. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.630°N, 75.951°W.

Population

In 1911, Athens, Village had a population of 802: 364 male and 438 female residents. Population density was 1028.2 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, Athens, Village shared boundaries with:

• Yonge and Escott, Rear

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 1,028.21 population per square mile, 802 total population, 500 area in acres, 438 females in the population, 364 males in the population, 244 families, 205 single (never-married) females, 181 married males, 178 married females, 160 single (never-married) males, 50 widowed females, 21 widowed males, 3 females with marital status not given, 1 divorced females, 1 divorced males, 1 legally separated females, 1 legally separated males, 0.78 area in square miles. 953 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 425 persons of British origin (Irish), 251 persons of British origin (English), 78 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 14 persons of French origin, 10 persons of Dutch origin, 5 persons of British origin (other), 5 persons of German origin. 10 persons recorded under the 1911 official census category "Jewish" (origin/ethnicity, distinct from the V2T2 religion category "Jews"). 1 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 452 Methodists, 144 Anglicans (Church of England), 79 Presbyterians, 43 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 37 Baptists, 28 Roman Catholics, 10 Jews, 5 Congregationalists, 3 Disciples of Christ, 3 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 1 Christians (general / no denomination specified). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)

Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 244 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person 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: ON058005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON124013 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q570807
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athens,_Ontario
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athens_(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). "Athens, Village, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/athens-village-on058005-1911/.