Nottawasaga, Ontario (1911 census)

Nottawasaga was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 4,432. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115262471. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.386°N, 80.166°W.

Population

In 1911, Nottawasaga had a population of 4,432: 2,306 male and 2,126 female residents. Population density was 30.0 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, Nottawasaga shared boundaries with:

• Collingwood
• Collingwood, T-V
• Creemore, VL
• Melancthon
• Mulmur
• Osprey
• Stayner, T-V
• Sunnidale
• Tossorontio

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 94,480 area in acres, 4,432 total population, 2,306 males in the population, 2,126 females in the population, 1,424 single (never-married) males, 1,187 single (never-married) females, 978 families, 813 married females, 807 married males, 147.63 area in square miles, 125 widowed females, 70 widowed males, 30.02 population per square mile, 4 males with marital status not given, 1 females with marital status not given, 1 legally separated males. 5,342 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 1,555 persons of British origin (Irish), 1,230 persons of British origin (English), 1,209 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 320 persons of German origin, 71 persons of Dutch origin, 16 persons of British origin (other), 15 persons of French origin. 2 persons recorded under the 1911 official census category "Jewish" (origin/ethnicity, distinct from the V2T2 religion category "Jews"). 1 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 1,754 Presbyterians, 1,462 Methodists, 639 Anglicans (Church of England), 288 Baptists, 123 Roman Catholics, 90 Mennonites, 30 Disciples of Christ, 19 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 13 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 9 Salvation Army adherents, 6 Brethren, 6 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 3 Lutherans, 2 Jews. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)

Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 973 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 people connected to this place who were alive in 1911, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON120002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON144008 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115262471

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). "Nottawasaga, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/nottawasaga-on120002-1911/.