Clarke, Ontario (1911 census)
Clarke was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 3,375. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.990°N, 78.563°W.
Population
In 1911, Clarke had a population of 3,375: 1,828 male and 1,547 female residents. Population density was 29.9 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 6,190 |
| 1861 | 6,575 |
| 1871 | 5,728 |
| 1881 | 5,169 |
| 1891 | 4,427 |
| 1901 | 3,788 |
| 1911 | 3,375 |
| 1921 | 3,039 |
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, Clarke 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 72,258 area in acres, 3,375 total population, 1,828 males in the population, 1,547 females in the population, 1,062 single (never-married) males, 808 single (never-married) females, 796 families, 705 married males, 619 married females, 119 widowed females, 112.90 area in square miles, 58 widowed males, 29.89 population per square mile, 3 legally separated males, 1 legally separated females. 3,788 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 1,829 persons of British origin (English), 904 persons of British origin (Irish), 388 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 84 persons of Italian origin, 31 persons of German origin, 22 persons of Bulgarian or Romanian origin, 14 persons of French origin, 12 persons of Dutch origin, 10 persons of British origin (other). 3 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). 1 persons recorded under the 1911 official census category "Jewish" (origin/ethnicity, distinct from the V2T2 religion category "Jews"). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 2,130 Methodists, 848 Presbyterians, 195 Anglicans (Church of England), 167 Roman Catholics, 77 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 13 Baptists, 11 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 7 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 3 Salvation Army adherents, 1 Jews. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 793 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person 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 |
|---|---|---|
| John Edwin Hunter | 1856–1919 | born here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON064003— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON108003_1891— 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). "Clarke, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/clarke-on064003-1911/.