Britton, Ontario (1911 census)
Britton was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 212. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115260938. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.931°N, 92.869°W.
Population
In 1911, Britton had a population of 212.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1911 | 212 |
| 1921 | 13 |
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 Unorganized territory—Ter. non-organisé, 1901 (0.1% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Wainwright, 1921 (33.0% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Britton, 1921 (33.7% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Rugby, 1921 (33.4% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911
In the 1911 census, Britton shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 26 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 23,077 area in acres, 212 total population, 36.06 area in square miles, 16 males in the population, 13 single (never-married) males, 7 families, 2 widowed males, 1 married males. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T2.)
Ethnic origin (1911). This community's record includes 74 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 65 persons of British origin (English), 33 persons of British origin (Irish), 14 persons of German origin, 7 persons of French origin, 2 persons of Scandinavian origin. 2 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 49 Presbyterians, 47 Anglicans (Church of England), 43 Methodists, 30 Roman Catholics, 27 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 15 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 6 Lutherans, 5 Baptists, 4 Salvation Army adherents, 1 Brethren. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 7 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON123008— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON120002_1911— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q115260938
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). "Britton, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/britton-on123008-1911/.