Nepean, Ontario (1911 census)

Name: Nepean (1911)
Address: Ontario, CA

Nepean was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 5,170. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q6994612. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.298°N, 75.782°W.

Population

In 1911, Nepean had a population of 5,170: 2,756 male and 2,414 female residents. Population density was 50.5 people per square mile.

Population trajectory across census years

Year	Population
1851	3,800
1861	4,410
1871	5,069
1881	8,044
1891	11,401
1901	5,840
1911	5,170
1921	10,867

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, Nepean shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1911

The 1911 census recorded 44 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 65,537 area in acres, 5,170 total population, 2,756 males in the population, 2,414 females in the population, 1,796 single (never-married) males, 1,424 single (never-married) females, 1,037 families, 854 married males, 837 married females, 134 widowed females, 102.40 area in square miles, 63 widowed males, 50.49 population per square mile, 43 males with marital status not given, 19 females with marital status not given. 5,840 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 2,844 persons of British origin (Irish), 1,182 persons of British origin (English), 642 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 298 persons of French origin, 69 persons of German origin, 32 persons of British origin (other), 22 persons of Scandinavian origin, 17 persons of Dutch origin, 9 persons of Polish origin, 1 persons of Austro-Hungarian origin, 1 persons of Italian origin, 1 persons of Russian origin. 4 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). 1 persons recorded under the 1911 official census category "Jewish" (origin/ethnicity, distinct from the V2T2 religion category "Jews"). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)

Religion (1911). This community's record includes 1,562 Roman Catholics, 1,336 Presbyterians, 1,316 Anglicans (Church of England), 713 Methodists, 94 Baptists, 57 Lutherans, 47 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 38 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 20 Salvation Army adherents, 4 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 3 Brethren, 3 Congregationalists, 1 Jews. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)

Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 1,027 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: ON061007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON105008_1921 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
Wikidata: Q6994612
Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepean_Township

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). "Nepean, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/nepean-on061007-1911/.