Cayuga, VL, Ontario (1911 census)

Cayuga, VL was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 736. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q5055454. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.948°N, 79.848°W.

Population

In 1911, Cayuga, VL had a population of 736: 351 male and 385 female residents. Population density was 336.1 people per square mile.

Population trajectory across census years

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, Cayuga, VL shared boundaries with:

• Cayuga N

Full census record, 1911

The 1911 census recorded 36 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 1,400 area in acres, 736 total population, 385 females in the population, 351 males in the population, 336.07 population per square mile, 209 single (never-married) males, 206 single (never-married) females, 174 families, 137 married females, 134 married males, 41 widowed females, 7 widowed males, 2.19 area in square miles, 1 legally separated females, 1 legally separated males. 771 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 251 persons of British origin (English), 204 persons of British origin (Irish), 111 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 67 persons of German origin, 36 persons of French origin, 22 persons of Dutch origin, 5 persons of British origin (other), 1 persons of Chinese origin. 34 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.)

Religion (1911). This community's record includes 202 Roman Catholics, 172 Methodists, 163 Anglicans (Church of England), 141 Presbyterians, 48 Baptists, 5 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 4 Lutherans, 3 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 2 Disciples of Christ, 1 Mormons (Latter-day Saints). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)

Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 173 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON075013 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON115014 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q5055454
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cayuga,_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). "Cayuga, VL, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/cayuga-vl-on075013-1911/.