Louth, Ontario (1911 census)

Louth was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 2,258. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.147°N, 79.334°W.

Population

In 1911, Louth had a population of 2,258: 1,181 male and 1,077 female residents. Population density was 69.1 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, Louth shared boundaries with:

• Clinton
• Grantham
• Pelham
• Thorold

Full census record, 1911

The 1911 census recorded 43 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 20,900 area in acres, 2,258 total population, 1,181 males in the population, 1,077 females in the population, 661 single (never-married) males, 543 single (never-married) females, 508 families, 477 married males, 446 married females, 88 widowed females, 69.14 population per square mile, 42 widowed males, 32.66 area in square miles, 1 legally separated males. 1,848 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 727 persons of British origin (English), 718 persons of Dutch origin, 329 persons of German origin, 268 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 130 persons of British origin (Irish), 27 persons of British origin (other), 12 persons of Austro-Hungarian origin, 12 persons of French origin, 9 persons of Bulgarian or Romanian origin, 9 persons of Polish origin, 1 persons of Belgian origin, 1 persons of Greek origin. 13 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 881 Methodists, 355 Anglicans (Church of England), 307 Presbyterians, 212 Disciples of Christ, 192 Mennonites, 90 Roman Catholics, 77 Lutherans, 70 Baptists, 51 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 10 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 7 Congregationalists, 5 Salvation Army adherents, 2 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.) The 1911 enumerator also recorded 1 persons recorded under the 1911 official census category "Pagans"; primarily applied to Indigenous adherents of traditional spiritual practices. The label reflects period Christian-normative framing and is preserved as the historical source category. — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 499 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON093007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON126007 — 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). "Louth, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/louth-on093007-1911/.