Chinguacousy, Ontario (1911 census)
Chinguacousy was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 3,913. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q5101043. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.733°N, 79.825°W.
Population
In 1911, Chinguacousy had a population of 3,913: 2,105 male and 1,808 female residents. Population density was 30.0 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 7,469 |
| 1861 | 6,897 |
| 1871 | 6,129 |
| 1881 | 5,476 |
| 1891 | 4,744 |
| 1901 | 4,177 |
| 1911 | 3,913 |
| 1921 | 3,635 |
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, Chinguacousy shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 38 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 83,518 area in acres, 3,913 total population, 2,105 males in the population, 1,808 females in the population, 1,319 single (never-married) males, 1,025 single (never-married) females, 822 families, 699 married males, 660 married females, 130.50 area in square miles, 119 widowed females, 77 widowed males, 29.98 population per square mile, 10 males with marital status not given, 4 females with marital status not given. 4,177 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 1,721 persons of British origin (English), 1,391 persons of British origin (Irish), 658 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 69 persons of Dutch origin, 26 persons of German origin, 21 persons of French origin, 12 persons of British origin (other), 1 persons of Austro-Hungarian origin, 1 persons of Swiss origin. 1 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 1,511 Methodists, 1,479 Presbyterians, 577 Anglicans (Church of England), 226 Baptists, 102 Roman Catholics, 12 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 8 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 3 Disciples of Christ, 3 Friends (Quakers), 2 Congregationalists, 2 Salvation Army adherents. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 799 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 4 people connected to this place who were alive in 1911, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| George Bryce | 1844–1931 | born here |
| David Lynch Scott | 1845–1924 | born here |
| Frank Oliver | 1853–1933 | born here |
| Sir James Alexander Lougheed | 1854–1925 | born here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON109003— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON136003_1891— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q5101043
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinguacousy_Township
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). "Chinguacousy, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/chinguacousy-on109003-1911/.