Petrolia, T-V, Ontario (1911 census)

Petrolia, T-V was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 3,518. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3089341. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.887°N, 82.141°W.

Population

In 1911, Petrolia, T-V had a population of 3,518: 1,701 male and 1,817 female residents. Population density was 833.6 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, Petrolia, T-V shared boundaries with:

• Enniskillen

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 3,518 total population, 2,700 area in acres, 1,817 females in the population, 1,701 males in the population, 922 single (never-married) females, 912 single (never-married) males, 874 families, 833.65 population per square mile, 728 married males, 726 married females, 162 widowed females, 56 widowed males, 6 females with marital status not given, 5 males with marital status not given, 4.22 area in square miles, 1 divorced females. 4,135 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 1,413 persons of British origin (English), 1,023 persons of British origin (Irish), 744 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 153 persons of German origin, 65 persons of French origin, 43 persons of Dutch origin, 14 persons of British origin (other), 5 persons of Scandinavian origin, 2 persons of Chinese origin, 1 persons of Greek origin, 1 persons of Russian origin, 1 persons of Swiss origin. 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. 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 1,261 Methodists, 916 Presbyterians, 464 Anglicans (Church of England), 428 Baptists, 253 Roman Catholics, 144 Salvation Army adherents, 43 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 13 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 11 Mormons (Latter-day Saints), 9 Adventists, 6 Brethren, 4 Lutherans, 3 Jews, 1 Congregationalists, 1 Friends (Quakers). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)

Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 854 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON087008 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON122014 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3089341
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrolia,_Ontario
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrolia_(Ontario)

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). "Petrolia, T-V, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/petrolia-t-v-on087008-1911/.