Clinton, T-V, Ontario (1911 census)

Clinton, T-V was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 2,254. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q2979345. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.611°N, 81.552°W.

Population

In 1911, Clinton, T-V had a population of 2,254: 1,027 male and 1,227 female residents. Population density was 1598.6 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, Clinton, T-V shared boundaries with:

• Goderich

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 2,254 total population, 1,598.58 population per square mile, 1,227 females in the population, 1,027 males in the population, 900 area in acres, 662 single (never-married) females, 602 families, 547 single (never-married) males, 460 married females, 444 married males, 101 widowed females, 33 widowed males, 4 females with marital status not given, 3 males with marital status not given, 1.41 area in square miles. 2,547 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 1,111 persons of British origin (English), 606 persons of British origin (Irish), 426 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 62 persons of German origin, 13 persons of French origin, 10 persons of British origin (other), 6 persons of Dutch origin, 4 persons of Chinese origin. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)

Religion (1911). This community's record includes 991 Methodists, 518 Presbyterians, 497 Anglicans (Church of England), 102 Baptists, 97 Roman Catholics, 19 Salvation Army adherents, 16 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 13 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 10 Brethren, 1 Congregationalists. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)

Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 602 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.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON083006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON119017_1911 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q2979345
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clinton,_Ontario
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clinton_(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). "Clinton, T-V, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/clinton-t-v-on083006-1911/.