Delaware, Ontario (1911 census)
Delaware was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 2,056. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115261257. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.875°N, 81.376°W.
Population
In 1911, Delaware had a population of 2,056: 1,083 male and 973 female residents. Population density was 49.4 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 1,861 |
| 1861 | 2,324 |
| 1871 | 2,523 |
| 1881 | 2,674 |
| 1891 | 2,549 |
| 1901 | 2,178 |
| 1911 | 2,056 |
| 1921 | 1,773 |
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, Delaware shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 40 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 26,624 area in acres, 2,056 total population, 1,083 males in the population, 973 females in the population, 606 single (never-married) males, 545 families, 494 single (never-married) females, 405 married males, 402 married females, 74 widowed females, 70 widowed males, 49.41 population per square mile, 41.60 area in square miles, 3 females with marital status not given, 2 males with marital status not given. 2,178 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 629 persons of British origin (English), 245 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 216 persons of British origin (Irish), 111 persons of German origin, 49 persons of British origin (other), 13 persons of Dutch origin, 13 persons of French origin, 6 persons of Swiss origin. 767 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 1,032 Methodists, 429 Anglicans (Church of England), 289 Presbyterians, 178 Baptists, 22 Roman Catholics, 13 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 12 Lutherans, 7 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 5 Salvation Army adherents, 3 Adventists, 3 Congregationalists, 1 Brethren, 1 Friends (Quakers). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.) The 1911 enumerator also recorded 68 persons recorded under the 1911 official census category "Pagans"; primarily applied to Indigenous adherents of traditional spiritual practices. The label reflects period Christian-normative framing and is preserved as the historical source category. — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 520 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON097002— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON128004— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q115261257
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). "Delaware, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/delaware-on097002-1911/.