Downie, Ontario (1911 census)

Downie was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 2,561. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115261308. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.328°N, 81.060°W.

Population

In 1911, Downie had a population of 2,561: 1,366 male and 1,195 female residents. Population density was 32.4 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, Downie shared boundaries with:

• Blanchard
• Easthope S
• Ellice
• Fullarton
• Nissouri E
• Stratford c
• Zorra W

Full census record, 1911

The 1911 census recorded 36 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 50,671 area in acres, 2,561 total population, 1,366 males in the population, 1,195 females in the population, 859 single (never-married) males, 669 single (never-married) females, 564 families, 448 married females, 442 married males, 79.17 area in square miles, 77 widowed females, 45 widowed males, 32.35 population per square mile, 20 males with marital status not given, 1 females with marital status not given. 2,895 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 820 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 710 persons of British origin (English), 639 persons of British origin (Irish), 370 persons of German origin, 3 persons of Scandinavian origin, 2 persons of Dutch origin, 1 persons of British origin (other), 1 persons of French origin. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)

Religion (1911). This community's record includes 1,217 Presbyterians, 359 Anglicans (Church of England), 320 Methodists, 307 Roman Catholics, 167 Lutherans, 142 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 27 Baptists, 15 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 8 Salvation Army adherents, 6 Mennonites, 2 Congregationalists. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)

Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 559 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON111002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON137002_1921 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115261308

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). "Downie, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/downie-on111002-1911/.