Ottawa, St. George ward-quartier, Ontario (1911 census)
Ottawa, St. George ward-quartier was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 10,581. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.426°N, 75.679°W.
Population
In 1911, Ottawa, St. George ward-quartier had a population of 10,581: 4,766 male and 5,815 female residents. Population density was 13922.4 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 3,474 |
| 1881 | 4,527 |
| 1891 | 5,788 |
| 1901 | 8,807 |
| 1911 | 10,581 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)
Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD became part of Ottawa, C, 1921 (8.5% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911
In the 1911 census, Ottawa, St. George ward-quartier shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 53 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 13,922.37 population per square mile, 10,581 total population, 5,815 females in the population, 4,766 males in the population, 3,636 single (never-married) females, 2,859 single (never-married) males, 2,021 families, 1,787 married males, 1,734 married females, 484 area in acres, 439 widowed females, 118 widowed males, 3 females with marital status not given, 2 divorced females, 1 legally separated females, 1 legally separated males, 1 males with marital status not given, 0.76 area in square miles. 8,807 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 3,114 persons of French origin, 2,951 persons of British origin (Irish), 2,454 persons of British origin (English), 967 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 443 persons of German origin, 76 persons of Italian origin, 28 persons of Chinese origin, 25 persons of Scandinavian origin, 17 persons of Belgian origin, 17 persons of Dutch origin, 11 persons of British origin (other), 10 persons of Austro-Hungarian origin, 10 persons of Swiss origin, 7 persons of Polish origin, 4 persons of Greek origin, 1 persons of Russian origin. 362 persons recorded under the 1911 official census category "Jewish" (origin/ethnicity, distinct from the V2T2 religion category "Jews"). 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.) The 1911 enumerator also recorded 4 persons of Japanese origin — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 6,229 Roman Catholics, 1,872 Anglicans (Church of England), 858 Presbyterians, 515 Methodists, 381 Lutherans, 339 Jews, 144 Baptists, 92 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 73 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 61 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 31 Brethren, 27 Salvation Army adherents, 14 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 12 Congregationalists. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 1,922 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON105006— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON105006_1871— 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). "Ottawa, St. George ward-quartier, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/ottawa-st-george-ward-quartier-on105006-1911/.