Maidstone, Ontario (1911 census)
Maidstone was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 2,788. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115262130. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.243°N, 82.798°W.
Population
In 1911, Maidstone had a population of 2,788: 1,513 male and 1,275 female residents. Population density was 37.2 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 1,167 |
| 1861 | 1,652 |
| 1871 | 2,055 |
| 1881 | 3,260 |
| 1891 | 3,127 |
| 1901 | 3,117 |
| 1911 | 2,788 |
| 1921 | 2,432 |
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, Maidstone shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 41 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 47,923 area in acres, 2,788 total population, 1,513 males in the population, 1,275 females in the population, 977 single (never-married) males, 730 single (never-married) females, 579 families, 483 married males, 480 married females, 74.88 area in square miles, 61 widowed females, 44 widowed males, 37.23 population per square mile, 9 males with marital status not given, 3 females with marital status not given, 1 divorced females. 3,117 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 793 persons of French origin, 638 persons of British origin (Irish), 617 persons of British origin (English), 316 persons of German origin, 198 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 13 persons of Polish origin, 10 persons of Russian origin, 3 persons of Dutch origin, 2 persons of British origin (other), 2 persons of Scandinavian origin. 167 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.) The 1911 enumerator also recorded 1 persons of Japanese origin — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 1,302 Roman Catholics, 708 Methodists, 436 Presbyterians, 139 Anglicans (Church of England), 123 Baptists, 30 Mormons (Latter-day Saints), 28 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 22 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 14 Lutherans, 8 Salvation Army adherents, 1 Brethren. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 572 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 94 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sir John Carling | 1828–1911 | born here |
| Walker Powell | 1828–1915 | born here |
| John McClary | 1829–1921 | born here |
| Edward Blake | 1833–1912 | born here |
| Abner Mulholland Rosebrugh | 1835–1914 | born here |
| James Young | 1835–1913 | born here |
| Alexander Peter Reid | 1836–1920 | born here |
| Solomon White | 1836–1911 | born here |
| James J. (James Jerome) Hill | 1838–1916 | born here |
| John Labatt | 1838–1915 | born here |
| Archibald Blue | 1840–1914 | born here |
| Sir William Ralph Meredith | 1840–1923 | born here |
| Elias Weber Bingeman Snider | 1842–1921 | born here |
| John McDougall | 1842–1917 | born here |
| Seth Newhouse | 1842–1921 | born here |
| W. D. (William Dillon) Otter | 1843–1929 | born here |
| Nathaniel Francis Hagel | 1846–1915 | born here |
| Thomas Hampson Jones English painter | 1846–1916 | born here |
| Jacob Kaufman | 1847–1920 | born here |
| James Conmee | 1848–1913 | born here |
| Mary Jane Baker | 1849–1934 | born here |
| Jeffry Hall Brock | 1850–1915 | born here |
| John Arthur Gibson | 1850–1912 | born here |
| Matthew McCauley | 1850–1930 | born here |
| Sir Henry Vincent Meredith | 1850–1929 | born here |
| Francis Huston Wallace | 1851–1930 | born here |
| Robert Brett | 1851–1929 | born here |
| Otto Julius Klotz | 1852–1923 | born here |
| Thomas Mayne Daly | 1852–1911 | born here |
| Peter Bryce | 1853–1932 | born here |
| Sara Mickle | 1853–1930 | born here |
| Charles Kingsmill | 1855–1935 | born here |
| Edmund Ernest Sheppard | 1855–1924 | born here |
| John Adam Rittinger | 1855–1915 | born here |
| John Campbell Ferrie Bown | 1856–1933 | born here |
| Catherine Trask | 1857–1925 | born here |
| John Lineham | 1857–1913 | born here |
| Sir Adam Beck | 1857–1925 | born here |
| Thomas Daniel Green | 1857–1935 | born here |
| William James Thomson | 1857–1927 | born here |
| Edmund Marter Wood | 1858–1936 | born here |
| James Alexander MacDonald | 1858–1939 | born here |
| Tip O'Neill | 1858–1915 | born here |
| Wallace Nesbitt | 1858–1930 | born here |
| William James McKay | 1858–1922 | born here |
| J. P. (James Pitt) Mabee | 1859–1912 | born here |
| Mary MacNeill | b. 1859 | born here |
| James Bower | 1860–1921 | born here |
| John Douglas Fraser Drummond | 1860–1925 | born here |
| John Taylor Fotheringham | 1860–1940 | born here |
| Thomas Leopold Willson | 1860–1915 | born here |
| Perry E. Doolittle | 1861–1933 | born here |
| Sara Jeannette Duncan | 1861–1922 | born here |
| Sir Clifford Sifton | 1861–1929 | born here |
| Archibald MacMechan | 1862–1933 | born here |
| Carl Ahrens | 1862–1936 | born here |
| Sarah Alice Rowell | 1862–1930 | born here |
| William John Hanna | 1862–1919 | born here |
| George Harcourt | 1863–1940 | born here |
| Rachel Jeffrey Coutts | 1863–1940 | born here |
| Annie Gardner Barr | 1864–1921 | born here |
| Daniel Salmon Hamilton | 1864–1929 | born here |
| Edward Bayly | 1865–1934 | born here |
| John Henderson Lamont | 1865–1936 | born here |
| John Joseph Mackenzie | 1865–1922 | born here |
| William Charles Sutherland | 1865–1940 | born here |
| Walter Cameron Nichol | 1866–1928 | born here |
| William Lash Miller | 1866–1940 | born here |
| Newton Wesley Rowell | 1867–1941 | born here |
| Sir Edward Whipple Bancroft Morrison | 1867–1925 | born here |
| Emma Priscilla Scott | 1868–1940 | born here |
| Margaret Eleanor Theodora Addison | 1868–1940 | born here |
| Alfred Davis Fidler | 1869–1927 | born here |
| Alfred Schmitz Shadd | 1870–1915 | born here |
| Jean Isabelle Dow | 1870–1927 | born here |
| Thomas Llewellyn Metcalfe | 1870–1922 | born here |
| Isabel Johnstone | 1872–1923 | born here |
| Maitland Stewart McCarthy | 1872–1930 | born here |
| Deskaheh | 1873–1925 | born here |
| Robert Francis Forster | 1873–1929 | born here |
| David Alexander Stewart | 1874–1937 | born here |
| Isabel Ecclestone Mackay | 1875–1928 | born here |
| Sir Arthur Currie | 1875–1933 | born here |
| Franklin Wellington Wegenast | 1876–1942 | born here |
| Harriet Brooks | 1876–1933 | born here |
| Robert Walter Paterson | 1876–1936 | born here |
| Maud Leonora Menten | 1879–1960 | born here |
| Winona Flett | 1884–1922 | born here |
| Cameron Dee Brant | 1887–1915 | born here |
| Ellis Wellwood Sifton | 1891–1917 | born here |
| Mitchell Frederick Hepburn | 1896–1953 | born here |
| Stanley Wallace Rosevear | 1896–1918 | born here |
| John Raymond Knister | 1899–1932 | born here |
| Howard William Morenz | 1902–1937 | born here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON067001— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON110006— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q115262130
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). "Maidstone, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/maidstone-on067001-1911/.