Exeter, Village, Ontario (1911 census)
Exeter, Village was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 1,555. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q5420085. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.340°N, 81.492°W.
Population
In 1911, Exeter, Village had a population of 1,555: 708 male and 847 female residents. Population density was 781.4 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 1,725 |
| 1891 | 1,809 |
| 1901 | 1,792 |
| 1911 | 1,555 |
| 1921 | 1,442 |
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, Exeter, Village shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 38 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 1,555 total population, 1,275 area in acres, 847 females in the population, 781.41 population per square mile, 708 males in the population, 466 families, 385 single (never-married) females, 358 married females, 355 married males, 302 single (never-married) males, 96 widowed females, 40 widowed males, 11 males with marital status not given, 8 females with marital status not given, 1.99 area in square miles. 1,792 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 1,100 persons of British origin (English), 175 persons of British origin (Irish), 170 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 92 persons of German origin, 7 persons of French origin, 3 persons of British origin (other), 1 persons of Chinese origin, 1 persons of Dutch origin, 1 persons of Polish origin. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.) The 1911 enumerator also recorded 1 persons of Japanese origin — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 955 Methodists, 311 Anglicans (Church of England), 231 Presbyterians, 21 Lutherans, 19 Baptists, 10 Roman Catholics, 4 Adventists, 4 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 2 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 1 Mormons (Latter-day Saints). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.) The 1911 enumerator also recorded 1 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 466 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON082009— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON119024— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q5420085
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exeter,_Ontario
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exeter_(Ontario)
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). "Exeter, Village, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/exeter-village-on082009-1911/.