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Year: 1911  |  Province: Ontario  |  Wikidata: Q2373358

Orillia, Ontario (1911 census)

Orillia was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 4,508. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q2373358. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.654°N, 79.432°W.

Population

In 1911, Orillia had a population of 4,508: 2,411 male and 2,097 female residents. Population density was 37.4 people per square mile.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
18913,687
19014,564
19114,508

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, Orillia shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1911

The 1911 census recorded 51 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 77,060 area in acres, 4,508 total population, 2,411 males in the population, 2,097 females in the population, 1,346 single (never-married) males, 1,069 single (never-married) females, 765 married males, 745 families, 639 married females, 309 females with marital status not given, 264 males with marital status not given, 120.41 area in square miles, 80 widowed females, 37.43 population per square mile, 36 widowed males. 4,564 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 1,862 persons of British origin (English), 1,252 persons of British origin (Irish), 865 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 112 persons of French origin, 73 persons of German origin, 63 persons of Italian origin, 45 persons of Bulgarian or Romanian origin, 41 persons of Dutch origin, 22 persons of British origin (other), 19 persons of Austro-Hungarian origin, 4 persons of Polish origin, 4 persons of Russian origin, 4 persons of Swiss origin, 3 persons of Scandinavian origin. 39 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). 3 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 1,137 Methodists, 1,031 Presbyterians, 990 Anglicans (Church of England), 644 Roman Catholics, 276 Baptists, 127 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 114 Brethren, 97 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 42 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 29 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 28 Salvation Army adherents, 27 Congregationalists, 19 Lutherans, 9 Mennonites, 3 Jews, 2 Friends (Quakers), 1 Disciples of Christ, 1 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)

Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 731 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Identifiers

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). "Orillia, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/orillia-on119003-1911/.