Ottawa, Victoria ward-quartier, Ontario (1911 census)
Ottawa, Victoria ward-quartier was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 3,145. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.417°N, 75.713°W.
Population
In 1911, Ottawa, Victoria ward-quartier had a population of 3,145: 1,725 male and 1,420 female residents. Population density was 5155.7 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1901 | 2,488 |
| 1911 | 3,145 |
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 (7.2% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911
In the 1911 census, Ottawa, Victoria ward-quartier shared boundaries with:
- Mechanicsville Ottawa city part
- Ottawa, By ward-quartier
- Ottawa, Central ward-quartier
- Ottawa, Dalhousie ward-quartier
- Ottawa, Wellington ward-quartier
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 47 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 5,155.74 population per square mile, 3,145 total population, 1,725 males in the population, 1,420 females in the population, 1,101 single (never-married) males, 807 single (never-married) females, 578 families, 563 married males, 509 married females, 380 area in acres, 101 widowed females, 59 widowed males, 2 legally separated females, 2 males with marital status not given, 1 females with marital status not given, 0.61 area in square miles. 2,488 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 991 persons of French origin, 904 persons of British origin (Irish), 562 persons of British origin (English), 426 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 34 persons of Italian origin, 33 persons of German origin, 30 persons of Scandinavian origin, 12 persons of British origin (other), 11 persons of Chinese origin, 7 persons of Polish origin, 3 persons of Dutch origin, 2 persons of Austro-Hungarian origin, 2 persons of Greek origin, 1 persons of Belgian origin, 1 persons of Russian origin. 95 persons recorded under the 1911 official census category "Jewish" (origin/ethnicity, distinct from the V2T2 religion category "Jews"). 3 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 1,518 Roman Catholics, 462 Anglicans (Church of England), 394 Presbyterians, 375 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 192 Methodists, 95 Jews, 31 Baptists, 28 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 21 Lutherans, 19 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 5 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 2 Brethren. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 491 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 18 people connected to this place who were alive in 1911, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| John Lowe | 1824–1913 | died here |
| Joseph-Pierre-Michel Lecourt | 1824–1913 | died here |
| Sir Richard William Scott | 1825–1913 | died here |
| Hugh Richardson | 1826–1913 | died here |
| Walker Powell | 1828–1915 | died here |
| Andrew Archibald MacDonald | 1829–1912 | died here |
| Edward Manning Saunders | 1829–1916 | died here |
| David Laird | 1833–1914 | died here |
| John Costigan | 1835–1916 | died here |
| Désiré Girouard | 1836–1911 | died here |
| Henri Elzéar Taschereau | 1836–1911 | died here |
| John Graham Haggart | 1836–1913 | died here |
| Archibald Blue | 1840–1914 | died here |
| Edward Farrer | 1846–1916 | died here |
| Thomas Chase-Casgrain | 1852–1916 | died here |
| William Frederick King | 1854–1916 | died here |
| Victor Dubreuil | 1859–1916 | died here |
| Robert-Errol Bouchette | 1862–1912 | died here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON105007— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON105007_1901— 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, Victoria ward-quartier, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/ottawa-victoria-ward-quartier-on105007-1911/.