Huntingdon, Ontario (1911 census)
Huntingdon was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 2,153. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115261812. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.414°N, 77.442°W.
Population
In 1911, Huntingdon had a population of 2,153: 1,114 male and 1,039 female residents. Population density was 26.9 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 2,548 |
| 1861 | 2,917 |
| 1871 | 2,853 |
| 1881 | 2,555 |
| 1891 | 2,562 |
| 1901 | 2,612 |
| 1911 | 2,153 |
| 1921 | 1,758 |
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, Huntingdon shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 34 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 51,200 area in acres, 2,153 total population, 1,114 males in the population, 1,039 females in the population, 655 single (never-married) males, 556 single (never-married) females, 473 families, 407 married males, 398 married females, 80 area in square miles, 70 widowed females, 33 widowed males, 26.91 population per square mile, 19 males with marital status not given, 15 females with marital status not given. 2,612 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 1,080 persons of British origin (Irish), 405 persons of British origin (English), 357 persons of Dutch origin, 240 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 41 persons of French origin, 6 persons of German origin, 2 persons of Scandinavian origin. 15 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 1,406 Methodists, 360 Presbyterians, 218 Anglicans (Church of England), 115 Roman Catholics, 36 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 13 Baptists, 7 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 3 Brethren, 2 Salvation Army adherents. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 466 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON080004— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON118010— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q115261812
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). "Huntingdon, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/huntingdon-on080004-1911/.