Hawkesbury, Village, Ontario (1911 census)

Hawkesbury, Village was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 4,400. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q2573770. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.603°N, 74.599°W.

Population

In 1911, Hawkesbury, Village had a population of 4,400: 2,258 male and 2,142 female residents. Population density was 521.3 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, Hawkesbury, Village shared boundaries with:

• Hawkesbury W-O

Full census record, 1911

The 1911 census recorded 42 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 5,400 area in acres, 4,400 total population, 2,258 males in the population, 2,142 females in the population, 1,437 single (never-married) males, 1,300 single (never-married) females, 848 families, 791 married males, 781 married females, 521.33 population per square mile, 61 widowed females, 27 widowed males, 8.44 area in square miles, 2 legally separated males, 1 divorced males. 4,150 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 3,631 persons of French origin, 272 persons of British origin (Irish), 222 persons of British origin (English), 97 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 31 persons of Scandinavian origin, 21 persons of German origin, 14 persons of Austro-Hungarian origin, 9 persons of Swiss origin, 8 persons of Polish origin, 4 persons of Russian origin, 2 persons of Greek origin, 1 persons of Chinese origin. 64 persons recorded under the 1911 official census category "Jewish" (origin/ethnicity, distinct from the V2T2 religion category "Jews"). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)

Religion (1911). This community's record includes 3,799 Roman Catholics, 263 Presbyterians, 164 Anglicans (Church of England), 62 Jews, 43 Methodists, 35 Baptists, 24 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 9 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 9 Lutherans, 7 Brethren, 3 Congregationalists, 2 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)

Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 795 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON114008 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON139008 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q2573770
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawkesbury,_Ontario
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawkesbury

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). "Hawkesbury, Village, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/hawkesbury-village-on114008-1911/.