Bertie, Ontario (1911 census)
Bertie was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 3,282. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.869°N, 79.060°W.
Population
In 1911, Bertie had a population of 3,282: 1,695 male and 1,587 female residents. Population density was 59.3 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 2,737 |
| 1861 | 2,673 |
| 1871 | 2,933 |
| 1881 | 3,986 |
| 1891 | 4,222 |
| 1901 | 3,189 |
| 1911 | 3,282 |
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, Bertie shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 49 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 35,437 area in acres, 3,282 total population, 1,695 males in the population, 1,587 females in the population, 950 single (never-married) males, 787 families, 778 single (never-married) females, 699 married males, 694 married females, 108 widowed females, 59.27 population per square mile, 55.37 area in square miles, 42 widowed males, 4 legally separated females, 2 females with marital status not given, 2 males with marital status not given, 1 divorced females, 1 divorced males, 1 legally separated males. 3,189 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 2,045 persons of German origin, 671 persons of British origin (English), 206 persons of British origin (Irish), 158 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 60 persons of French origin, 46 persons of Dutch origin, 23 persons of Italian origin, 21 persons of British origin (other), 19 persons of Swiss origin. 27 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.) The 1911 enumerator also recorded 1 persons recorded under the 1911 official census category "Hindu"; in 1911 this label denoted South Asian origin (not religious identification). Reflects period British-colonial conflation of religion and ethnicity; modern usage of "Hindu" is religious., 1 persons of Japanese origin — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 931 Methodists, 496 Anglicans (Church of England), 431 Baptists, 384 Presbyterians, 303 Lutherans, 291 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 265 Mennonites, 90 Roman Catholics, 34 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 18 Disciples of Christ, 17 Friends (Quakers), 7 Mormons (Latter-day Saints), 7 Salvation Army adherents, 5 Adventists, 4 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 2 Congregationalists. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 772 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON132001— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON132001— 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). "Bertie, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/bertie-on132001-1911/.