Caistor, Ontario (1911 census)
Caistor was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 1,481. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.066°N, 79.661°W.
Population
In 1911, Caistor had a population of 1,481: 785 male and 696 female residents. Population density was 27.3 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 1,398 |
| 1861 | 2,005 |
| 1871 | 2,166 |
| 1881 | 2,164 |
| 1891 | 2,002 |
| 1901 | 1,784 |
| 1911 | — |
| 1911 | 1,481 |
| 1921 | 1,300 |
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, Caistor shared boundaries with:
- Bastard & Burgess
- Binbrook
- Canboro
- Gainsborough
- Grimsby S
- Seneca
- Toronto c pt
- Toronto, ward-quartier 2 pt
- Toronto, ward-quartier 3 pt
- Wainfleet
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 33 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 34,667 area in acres, 1,481 total population, 785 males in the population, 696 females in the population, 428 single (never-married) males, 370 families, 337 single (never-married) females, 323 married females, 322 married males, 54.17 area in square miles, 36 widowed females, 34 widowed males, 27.34 population per square mile, 1 legally separated males. 1,784 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 626 persons of British origin (English), 314 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 196 persons of German origin, 188 persons of British origin (Irish), 143 persons of Dutch origin, 7 persons of British origin (other), 4 persons of Swiss origin, 3 persons of French origin. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 1,175 Methodists, 72 Baptists, 70 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 63 Presbyterians, 58 Anglicans (Church of England), 18 Roman Catholics, 14 Disciples of Christ, 6 Lutherans, 5 Congregationalists. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 370 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON093001— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON126001_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). "Caistor, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/caistor-on093001-1911/.