Nassagaweya, Ontario (1911 census)

Nassagaweya was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 2,249. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.533°N, 80.036°W.

Population

In 1911, Nassagaweya had a population of 2,249: 1,208 male and 1,041 female residents. Population density was 34.1 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, Nassagaweya shared boundaries with:

• Eramosa
• Esquesing
• Flamborough E
• Nelson
• Puslinch

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 42,188 area in acres, 2,249 total population, 1,208 males in the population, 1,041 females in the population, 738 single (never-married) males, 568 single (never-married) females, 486 families, 433 married males, 408 married females, 65.92 area in square miles, 61 widowed females, 34.12 population per square mile, 26 widowed males, 10 males with marital status not given, 3 females with marital status not given, 1 legally separated females, 1 legally separated males. 2,357 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 756 persons of British origin (English), 673 persons of British origin (Irish), 665 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 52 persons of German origin, 35 persons of Italian origin, 26 persons of French origin, 14 persons of Dutch origin, 2 persons of British origin (other). 9 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). 7 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 1,199 Presbyterians, 600 Methodists, 333 Anglicans (Church of England), 77 Roman Catholics, 22 Baptists, 10 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 7 Disciples of Christ, 3 Congregationalists. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)

Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 484 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON076002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON117002 — 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). "Nassagaweya, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/nassagaweya-on076002-1911/.