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Year: 1911  |  Province: Ontario  |  Wikidata: Q3501912

Collingwood, T-V, Ontario (1911 census)

Collingwood, T-V was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 7,090. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3501912. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.497°N, 80.227°W.

Population

In 1911, Collingwood, T-V had a population of 7,090: 3,513 male and 3,577 female residents. Population density was 1030.5 people per square mile.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
19117,090
19215,882

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, Collingwood, T-V shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1911

The 1911 census recorded 49 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 7,090 total population, 4,400 area in acres, 3,577 females in the population, 3,513 males in the population, 2,037 single (never-married) males, 1,959 single (never-married) females, 1,560 families, 1,402 married males, 1,398 married females, 1,030.52 population per square mile, 216 widowed females, 67 widowed males, 6.88 area in square miles, 6 males with marital status not given, 3 females with marital status not given, 1 legally separated females, 1 legally separated males. 5,755 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 2,566 persons of British origin (English), 1,983 persons of British origin (Irish), 1,857 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 307 persons of German origin, 68 persons of French origin, 33 persons of Dutch origin, 28 persons of Scandinavian origin, 19 persons of British origin (other), 6 persons of Italian origin, 4 persons of Swiss origin. 116 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. 36 persons recorded under the 1911 official census category "Jewish" (origin/ethnicity, distinct from the V2T2 religion category "Jews"). 2 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 2,244 Presbyterians, 1,881 Methodists, 1,572 Anglicans (Church of England), 849 Roman Catholics, 256 Baptists, 85 Disciples of Christ, 60 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 43 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 36 Jews, 35 Salvation Army adherents, 25 Mennonites, 23 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 19 Lutherans, 14 Brethren, 5 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 1 Congregationalists, 1 Friends (Quakers). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)

Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 1,522 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Identifiers

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). "Collingwood, T-V, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/collingwood-t-v-on120006-1911/.