Sandwich, T-V, Ontario (1911 census)

Sandwich, T-V was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 2,302. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.295°N, 83.069°W.

Population

In 1911, Sandwich, T-V had a population of 2,302: 1,175 male and 1,127 female residents. Population density was 735.5 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, Sandwich, T-V shared boundaries with:

• Sandwich W-O

Full census record, 1911

The 1911 census recorded 41 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 2,302 total population, 2,000 area in acres, 1,175 males in the population, 1,127 females in the population, 735.46 population per square mile, 719 single (never-married) males, 638 single (never-married) females, 459 families, 427 married females, 420 married males, 62 widowed females, 35 widowed males, 3.13 area in square miles, 1 males with marital status not given. 1,450 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 1,139 persons of French origin, 560 persons of British origin (English), 210 persons of British origin (Irish), 162 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 120 persons of German origin, 13 persons of Dutch origin, 7 persons of Russian origin, 6 persons of Chinese origin, 2 persons of British origin (other), 2 persons of Scandinavian origin, 1 persons of Austro-Hungarian origin, 1 persons of Swiss origin. 74 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. 5 persons recorded under the official census category "Indian"; corresponds to what is now described as Indigenous (First Nations; in northern enumerations also Inuit) origin. "Indian" was simultaneously a census category and the legal/administrative term under the Indian Act (1876). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)

Religion (1911). This community's record includes 1,300 Roman Catholics, 592 Anglicans (Church of England), 177 Methodists, 120 Baptists, 76 Presbyterians, 17 Lutherans, 14 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 3 Congregationalists, 1 Mormons (Latter-day Saints), 1 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 1 Salvation Army adherents. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)

Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 455 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON067007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON110024 — 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). "Sandwich, T-V, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/sandwich-t-v-on067007-1911/.