Port Perry, VL, Ontario (1911 census)

Port Perry, VL was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 1,148. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q484865. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.102°N, 78.962°W.

Population

In 1911, Port Perry, VL had a population of 1,148: 540 male and 608 female residents. Population density was 1471.8 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, Port Perry, VL shared boundaries with:

• Reach

Full census record, 1911

The 1911 census recorded 35 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 1,471.79 population per square mile, 1,148 total population, 608 females in the population, 540 males in the population, 500 area in acres, 344 families, 290 married females, 273 single (never-married) females, 265 married males, 265 single (never-married) males, 43 widowed females, 10 widowed males, 2 females with marital status not given, 0.78 area in square miles. 1,465 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 617 persons of British origin (English), 260 persons of British origin (Irish), 182 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 26 persons of Dutch origin, 10 persons of French origin, 10 persons of German origin, 4 persons of British origin (other), 2 persons of Chinese origin. 4 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 567 Methodists, 301 Presbyterians, 127 Anglicans (Church of England), 113 Baptists, 33 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 19 Roman Catholics, 9 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 4 Jews, 2 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 2 Disciples of Christ. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)

Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 343 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON104008 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON133017 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q484865
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Perry

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). "Port Perry, VL, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/port-perry-vl-on104008-1911/.