Peel, Ontario (1911 census)

Peel was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 3,413. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.722°N, 80.607°W.

Population

In 1911, Peel had a population of 3,413: 1,787 male and 1,626 female residents. Population density was 29.7 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, Peel shared boundaries with:

• Arthur
• Drayton, VL
• Garafraxa W
• Maryborough
• Nichol
• Pilkington
• Wellesley
• Woolwich

Full census record, 1911

The 1911 census recorded 42 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 73,588 area in acres, 3,413 total population, 1,787 males in the population, 1,626 females in the population, 1,137 single (never-married) males, 936 single (never-married) females, 724 families, 594 married males, 588 married females, 114.98 area in square miles, 97 widowed females, 50 widowed males, 29.68 population per square mile, 4 legally separated females, 4 males with marital status not given, 2 legally separated males, 1 females with marital status not given. 3,865 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 1,288 persons of British origin (Irish), 950 persons of British origin (English), 693 persons of German origin, 391 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 21 persons of British origin (other), 5 persons of French origin, 3 persons of Dutch origin, 3 persons of Scandinavian origin, 1 persons of Bulgarian or Romanian origin. 40 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 1,394 Methodists, 730 Roman Catholics, 725 Presbyterians, 266 Mennonites, 168 Anglicans (Church of England), 92 Lutherans, 18 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 14 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 9 Baptists, 7 Mormons (Latter-day Saints), 5 Congregationalists, 2 Disciples of Christ, 1 Friends (Quakers). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)

Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 719 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: ON133006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON152010 — 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). "Peel, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/peel-on133006-1911/.