Bancroft, VL, Ontario (1911 census)
Bancroft, VL was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 625. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q1850051. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.861°N, 77.838°W.
Population
In 1911, Bancroft, VL had a population of 625: 195 male and 208 female residents. Population density was 9.8 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1911 | 625 |
| 1921 | 768 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
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 Faraday, 1901 (1.0% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911
In the 1911 census, Bancroft, VL shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 32 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 59,200 area in acres, 625 total population, 208 females in the population, 195 males in the population, 138 single (never-married) females, 128 single (never-married) males, 92.50 area in square miles, 68 families, 65 married males, 64 married females, 9.85 population per square mile, 6 widowed females, 2 widowed males. 834 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 216 persons of British origin (English), 175 persons of British origin (Irish), 101 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 89 persons of German origin, 18 persons of French origin, 10 persons of British origin (other), 2 persons of Italian origin. 11 persons recorded under the 1911 official census category "Jewish" (origin/ethnicity, distinct from the V2T2 religion category "Jews"). 3 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 217 Methodists, 142 Anglicans (Church of England), 117 Presbyterians, 56 Roman Catholics, 55 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 26 Baptists, 11 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 1 Congregationalists. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 66 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON080011— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON118028— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q1850051
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bancroft,_Ontario
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bancroft_(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). "Bancroft, VL, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/bancroft-vl-on080011-1911/.