Matilda, Ontario (1911 census)
Matilda was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 3,664. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.916°N, 75.348°W.
Population
In 1911, Matilda had a population of 3,664: 1,879 male and 1,785 female residents. Population density was 36.4 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 4,198 |
| 1861 | 4,855 |
| 1871 | 4,767 |
| 1881 | 4,692 |
| 1891 | 4,138 |
| 1901 | 4,016 |
| 1911 | 3,664 |
| 1921 | 3,293 |
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, Matilda shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 32 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 64,465 area in acres, 3,664 total population, 1,879 males in the population, 1,785 females in the population, 1,023 single (never-married) males, 882 single (never-married) females, 819 families, 786 married males, 782 married females, 121 widowed females, 100.73 area in square miles, 70 widowed males, 36.37 population per square mile. 4,016 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 1,654 persons of British origin (Irish), 654 persons of Dutch origin, 483 persons of British origin (English), 381 persons of German origin, 324 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 153 persons of French origin, 6 persons of Italian origin. 8 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 2,221 Methodists, 670 Presbyterians, 373 Anglicans (Church of England), 180 Roman Catholics, 163 Lutherans, 46 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 10 Baptists, 1 Congregationalists, 1 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 819 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON063001— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON107001— 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). "Matilda, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/matilda-on063001-1911/.