Belle River, VL, Ontario (1911 census)
Belle River, VL was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 520. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q113614007. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.289°N, 82.703°W.
Population
In 1911, Belle River, VL had a population of 520: 269 male and 251 female residents. Population density was 666.7 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 556 |
| 1891 | 657 |
| 1901 | 607 |
| 1911 | 520 |
| 1921 | 608 |
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, Belle River, VL shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 28 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 666.67 population per square mile, 520 total population, 500 area in acres, 269 males in the population, 251 females in the population, 150 single (never-married) males, 136 single (never-married) females, 128 families, 99 married females, 99 married males, 16 widowed females, 13 widowed males, 5 males with marital status not given, 2 legally separated males, 0.78 area in square miles. 607 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 462 persons of French origin, 24 persons of British origin (Irish), 20 persons of British origin (English), 6 persons of German origin, 2 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 513 Roman Catholics, 6 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 4 Presbyterians, 1 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 1 Anglicans (Church of England), 1 Methodists. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 125 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON067009— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON110028— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q113614007
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belle_River,_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). "Belle River, VL, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/belle-river-vl-on067009-1911/.