Hope, Ontario (1911 census)
Hope was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 3,115. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.016°N, 78.390°W.
Population
In 1911, Hope had a population of 3,115: 1,664 male and 1,451 female residents. Population density was 30.4 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 5,299 |
| 1861 | 5,883 |
| 1871 | 5,075 |
| 1881 | 4,522 |
| 1891 | 3,887 |
| 1901 | 3,273 |
| 1911 | 3,115 |
| 1921 | 2,754 |
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, Hope shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 39 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 65,508 area in acres, 3,115 total population, 1,664 males in the population, 1,451 females in the population, 1,011 single (never-married) males, 770 single (never-married) females, 718 families, 599 married males, 572 married females, 107 widowed females, 102.36 area in square miles, 50 widowed males, 30.45 population per square mile, 4 males with marital status not given, 2 females with marital status not given. 3,273 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 1,833 persons of British origin (English), 938 persons of British origin (Irish), 163 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 66 persons of Italian origin, 43 persons of Bulgarian or Romanian origin, 18 persons of German origin, 14 persons of French origin, 11 persons of British origin (other), 10 persons of Dutch origin, 4 persons of Austro-Hungarian origin, 1 persons of Swiss origin. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 1,848 Methodists, 575 Presbyterians, 466 Anglicans (Church of England), 146 Roman Catholics, 29 Baptists, 20 Salvation Army adherents, 14 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 10 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 6 Brethren, 2 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 1 Congregationalists. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 716 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 3 people connected to this place who were alive in 1911, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Edward Douglas Armour | 1851–1922 | born here |
| Emily Ann McCausland Shortt | 1851–1930 | born here |
| Bertha Harmer | 1880–1934 | born here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON064005— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON108005_1891— 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). "Hope, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/hope-on064005-1911/.