Himsworth, Ontario (1911 census)

Himsworth was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 2,177. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.610°N, 79.918°W.

Population

In 1911, Himsworth had a population of 2,177: 265 male and 222 female residents. Population density was 6.2 people per square mile.

Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)

Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained Trout Creek, T-V, 1921 (0.7% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Himsworth S, 1921 (62.8% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Himsworth N, 1921 (36.4% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911

In the 1911 census, Himsworth shared boundaries with:

• Burpee & Hagerman
• Croft
• Ferrie & Lount
• French River vl
• Ryerson
• Spence

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 50,055 area in acres, 2,177 total population, 265 males in the population, 222 females in the population, 168 single (never-married) males, 133 single (never-married) females, 100 families, 92 married males, 84 married females, 78.21 area in square miles, 6.23 population per square mile, 5 widowed males, 4 widowed females, 1 females with marital status not given. 471 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 654 persons of British origin (Irish), 603 persons of British origin (English), 362 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 265 persons of French origin, 261 persons of German origin, 13 persons of Dutch origin, 4 persons of Swiss origin, 1 persons of Italian origin, 1 persons of Scandinavian origin. 2 persons recorded under the 1911 official census category "Jewish" (origin/ethnicity, distinct from the V2T2 religion category "Jews"). 1 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 656 Roman Catholics, 595 Anglicans (Church of England), 528 Presbyterians, 282 Methodists, 53 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 24 Baptists, 16 Lutherans, 10 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 7 Brethren, 6 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 2 Disciples of Christ, 2 Jews, 2 Mormons (Latter-day Saints), 2 Salvation Army adherents, 1 Protestants (general / no denomination specified). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)

Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 99 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON108014 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON108014 — 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). "Himsworth, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/himsworth-on108014-1911/.