Gravenhurst, T-V, Ontario (1911 census)

Gravenhurst, T-V was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 1,624. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q937901. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.221°N, 79.325°W.

Population

In 1911, Gravenhurst, T-V had a population of 1,624: 641 male and 537 female residents. Population density was 16.0 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, Gravenhurst, T-V shared boundaries with:

• Brunel
• Huntsville, T-V
• Medora & Wood
• Monck
• Muskoka
• Port Carling, VL

Full census record, 1911

The 1911 census recorded 43 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 47,223 area in acres, 1,624 total population, 641 males in the population, 537 females in the population, 429 single (never-married) males, 331 single (never-married) females, 231 families, 187 married males, 179 married females, 73.79 area in square miles, 27 widowed females, 21 widowed males, 15.96 population per square mile, 4 males with marital status not given. 1,249 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 587 persons of British origin (English), 416 persons of British origin (Irish), 336 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 80 persons of German origin, 67 persons of French origin, 51 persons of Scandinavian origin, 10 persons of British origin (other), 4 persons of Swiss origin, 2 persons of Italian origin, 1 persons of Chinese origin, 1 persons of Dutch origin. 8 persons recorded under the 1911 official census category "Jewish" (origin/ethnicity, distinct from the V2T2 religion category "Jews"). 8 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 546 Methodists, 445 Presbyterians, 322 Anglicans (Church of England), 154 Roman Catholics, 58 Baptists, 53 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 51 Lutherans, 19 Salvation Army adherents, 8 Jews, 5 Brethren, 5 Congregationalists, 4 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 2 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 1 Disciples of Christ. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)

Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 229 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1911, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON098019 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON129025 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q937901

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). "Gravenhurst, T-V, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/gravenhurst-t-v-on098019-1911/.