Loughborough, Ontario (1911 census)

Loughborough was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 2,072. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115262081. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.294°N, 76.565°W.

Population

In 1911, Loughborough had a population of 2,072: 1,502 male and 1,437 female residents. Population density was 35.8 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, Loughborough shared boundaries with:

• Ernestown
• Kingston c
• Olden
• Portland
• Portsmouth vl
• Storrington
• Wolfe Island

Full census record, 1911

The 1911 census recorded 37 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 52,620 area in acres, 2,072 total population, 1,502 males in the population, 1,437 females in the population, 860 single (never-married) males, 786 single (never-married) females, 642 families, 593 married males, 560 married females, 88 widowed females, 82.22 area in square miles, 41 widowed males, 35.75 population per square mile, 6 males with marital status not given, 2 divorced males, 2 legally separated females, 1 females with marital status not given. 3,176 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 821 persons of British origin (Irish), 700 persons of British origin (English), 216 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 174 persons of Dutch origin, 60 persons of German origin, 54 persons of French origin, 35 persons of Italian origin, 5 persons of Scandinavian origin, 1 persons of Swiss origin. 5 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 1,329 Methodists, 362 Roman Catholics, 250 Anglicans (Church of England), 99 Presbyterians, 30 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 1 Friends (Quakers), 1 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 1 Salvation Army adherents. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)

Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 640 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON069010 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON111009 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115262081

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). "Loughborough, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/loughborough-on069010-1911/.