Bastard & Burgess, Ontario (1911 census)
Bastard & Burgess was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 2,698. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.690°N, 76.139°W.
Population
In 1911, Bastard & Burgess had a population of 2,698: 1,334 male and 1,364 female residents. Population density was 23.4 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1911 | — |
| 1911 | 2,698 |
| 1921 | 2,523 |
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, Bastard & Burgess shared boundaries with:
- Burgess N
- Caistor
- Crosby N
- Crosby N
- Crosby S
- Elmsley S
- Kitley
- Leeds & Lansdowne Rear
- Toronto, ward-quartier 2 pt
- Toronto, ward-quartier 2 pt
- Yonge & Escott rear
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 73,768 area in acres, 2,698 total population, 1,364 females in the population, 1,334 males in the population, 744 single (never-married) males, 727 single (never-married) females, 661 families, 539 married females, 532 married males, 115.26 area in square miles, 98 widowed females, 55 widowed males, 23.41 population per square mile, 2 males with marital status not given, 1 divorced males. 3,006 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 1,299 persons of British origin (Irish), 996 persons of British origin (English), 148 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 93 persons of Dutch origin, 65 persons of French origin, 15 persons of British origin (other), 13 persons of German origin. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 1,266 Methodists, 695 Anglicans (Church of England), 338 Baptists, 299 Roman Catholics, 69 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 63 Presbyterians, 28 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 3 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 2 Salvation Army adherents, 1 Congregationalists. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 654 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON091001— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON124001_1911— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.
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). "Bastard & Burgess, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/bastard-burgess-on091001-1911/.