Dumfries S, Ontario (1911 census)

Dumfries S was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 2,805. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.243°N, 80.337°W.

Population

In 1911, Dumfries S had a population of 2,805: 1,497 male and 1,308 female residents. Population density was 38.8 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, Dumfries S shared boundaries with:

• Beverley
• Blenheim
• Brantford E
• Brantford W-O
• Dumfries N
• Paris, T-V

Full census record, 1911

The 1911 census recorded 48 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 46,239 area in acres, 2,805 total population, 1,497 males in the population, 1,308 females in the population, 854 single (never-married) males, 676 single (never-married) females, 623 families, 579 married males, 539 married females, 86 widowed females, 72.25 area in square miles, 50 widowed males, 38.82 population per square mile, 14 males with marital status not given, 7 females with marital status not given. 2,922 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 1,042 persons of British origin (English), 843 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 385 persons of British origin (Irish), 293 persons of German origin, 68 persons of British origin (other), 42 persons of Dutch origin, 42 persons of French origin, 24 persons of Bulgarian or Romanian origin, 6 persons of Italian origin, 5 persons of Scandinavian origin, 3 persons of Austro-Hungarian origin, 2 persons of Russian origin, 1 persons of Greek origin, 1 persons of Swiss origin. 7 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). 5 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. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)

Religion (1911). This community's record includes 963 Methodists, 901 Presbyterians, 588 Baptists, 186 Anglicans (Church of England), 107 Roman Catholics, 36 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 29 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 14 Congregationalists, 4 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 3 Mennonites, 2 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 2 Lutherans, 1 Brethren, 1 Disciples of Christ, 1 Salvation Army adherents. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)

Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 613 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON056003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON103003 — 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). "Dumfries S, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/dumfries-s-on056003-1911/.