Dummer, Ontario (1911 census)

Dummer was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 1,715. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115261330. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.405°N, 78.213°W.

Population

In 1911, Dummer had a population of 1,715: 971 male and 895 female residents. Population density was 29.1 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, Dummer shared boundaries with:

• Lakefield vl
• Lakefield, VL
• Otonabee
• Smith

Full census record, 1911

The 1911 census recorded 33 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 41,108 area in acres, 1,715 total population, 971 males in the population, 895 females in the population, 637 single (never-married) males, 560 single (never-married) females, 359 families, 305 married males, 288 married females, 64.23 area in square miles, 41 widowed females, 29.05 population per square mile, 28 widowed males, 6 females with marital status not given, 1 males with marital status not given. 1,871 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 700 persons of British origin (English), 694 persons of British origin (Irish), 201 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 48 persons of Dutch origin, 38 persons of German origin, 20 persons of French origin, 6 persons of British origin (other), 1 persons of Swiss origin. 7 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 909 Methodists, 353 Presbyterians, 193 Baptists, 180 Anglicans (Church of England), 76 Roman Catholics, 3 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 1 Adventists. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2.)

Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 357 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON112006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON138008 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115261330

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). "Dummer, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/dummer-on112006-1911/.