Mersea, Ontario (1911 census)
Mersea was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 4,081. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.083°N, 82.548°W.
Population
In 1911, Mersea had a population of 4,081: 2,150 male and 1,931 female residents. Population density was 37.2 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 1,193 |
| 1861 | 2,143 |
| 1871 | 3,248 |
| 1881 | 3,552 |
| 1891 | 3,788 |
| 1901 | 4,172 |
| 1911 | 4,081 |
| 1921 | 4,448 |
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, Mersea shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 41 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 2 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (5 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| POP | 4,172 |
| POP F | 1,931 |
| POP M | 2,150 |
| POP PER SQ MI | 41.41 |
| POP TOT | 4,081 |
Other recorded variables (36 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| ADVENTISTS | 10 |
| ANGLICANS | 320 |
| AREA ACRES | 63,097 |
| AREA SQ MI | 98.56 |
| BAPTISTS | 367 |
| BELGIAN | 8 |
| BRETHREN | 1 |
| BRIT ENGLISH | 2,201 |
| BRIT IRISH | 807 |
| BRIT OTHER | 14 |
| BRIT SCOTCH | 599 |
| CHRISTIANS | 6 |
| DUTCH | 53 |
| DWELLINGS | 913 |
| F MARRIED | 822 |
| F SINGLE | 1,033 |
| F WIDOWED | 76 |
| FAMILIES | 932 |
| FRENCH | 196 |
| FRIENDS | 6 |
| GERMAN | 193 |
| LUTHERANS | 1 |
| M MARRIED | 831 |
| M NOT GIVEN | 1 |
| M SINGLE | 1,271 |
| M WIDOWED | 47 |
| METHODISTS | 2,583 |
| NEGRO | 1 |
| PRESBYTERIANS | 568 |
| PROTESTANTS | 2 |
| ROMAN CATHOLICS | 154 |
| SALVATION ARMY | 9 |
| SCANDINAVIAN | 5 |
| SWISS | 1 |
| UNSPECIFIED | 3 |
| VARIOUS SECTS | 52 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON068007— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON110008— 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). "Mersea, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/mersea-on068007-1911/.