Caledonia, VL, Ontario (1911 census)
Caledonia, VL was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 952. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q5019355. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.080°N, 79.948°W.
Population
In 1911, Caledonia, VL had a population of 952: 455 male and 497 female residents. Population density was 873.4 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1911 | 952 |
| 1921 | 1,223 |
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, Caledonia, VL shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 35 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 952 total population, 873.39 population per square mile, 700 area in acres, 497 females in the population, 455 males in the population, 260 families, 255 single (never-married) females, 234 single (never-married) males, 207 married males, 197 married females, 45 widowed females, 9 widowed males, 5 males with marital status not given, 1.09 area in square miles. 801 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 438 persons of British origin (English), 223 persons of British origin (Irish), 174 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 31 persons of Dutch origin, 11 persons of German origin, 10 persons of British origin (other), 8 persons of French origin, 1 persons of Chinese origin. 11 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 276 Methodists, 259 Anglicans (Church of England), 239 Presbyterians, 101 Baptists, 52 Roman Catholics, 45 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 10 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 5 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 1 Congregationalists, 1 Lutherans. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 242 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON075012— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON115013_1911— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q5019355
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caledonia,_Ontario
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caledonia_(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). "Caledonia, VL, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/caledonia-vl-on075012-1911/.