Bayfield, VL, Ontario (1911 census)

Bayfield, VL was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 477. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q4874500. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.557°N, 81.696°W.

Population

In 1911, Bayfield, VL had a population of 477: 226 male and 251 female residents. Population density was 173.4 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, Bayfield, VL shared boundaries with:

• Stanley

Full census record, 1911

The 1911 census recorded 29 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 1,762 area in acres, 477 total population, 251 females in the population, 226 males in the population, 173.45 population per square mile, 140 families, 126 single (never-married) females, 121 single (never-married) males, 96 married females, 93 married males, 23 widowed females, 7 widowed males, 6 females with marital status not given, 5 males with marital status not given, 2.75 area in square miles. 558 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 170 persons of British origin (Irish), 145 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 125 persons of British origin (English), 34 persons of German origin, 1 persons of British origin (other), 1 persons of French origin, 1 persons of Swiss origin. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)

Religion (1911). This community's record includes 231 Presbyterians, 177 Anglicans (Church of England), 66 Methodists, 2 Lutherans, 1 Salvation Army adherents. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2.)

Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 134 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON082008 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON119021 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q4874500
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayfield,_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). "Bayfield, VL, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/bayfield-vl-on082008-1911/.