Sarnia, Town—Ville, Ontario (1911 census)

Sarnia, Town—Ville was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 9,947. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q34106. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.979°N, 82.394°W.

Population

In 1911, Sarnia, Town—Ville had a population of 9,947: 4,799 male and 5,148 female residents. Population density was 4076.6 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, Sarnia, Town—Ville shared boundaries with:

• Sarnia

Full census record, 1911

The 1911 census recorded 55 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 9,947 total population, 5,148 females in the population, 4,799 males in the population, 4,076.63 population per square mile, 2,701 single (never-married) females, 2,544 single (never-married) males, 2,219 families, 2,096 married males, 2,065 married females, 1,560 area in acres, 365 widowed females, 144 widowed males, 12 males with marital status not given, 8 females with marital status not given, 5 legally separated females, 4 divorced females, 3 divorced males, 2.44 area in square miles. 8,176 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 3,676 persons of British origin (English), 2,533 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 2,431 persons of British origin (Irish), 464 persons of German origin, 403 persons of French origin, 56 persons of British origin (other), 32 persons of Dutch origin, 22 persons of Scandinavian origin, 19 persons of Chinese origin, 11 persons of Italian origin, 4 persons of Polish origin, 4 persons of Swiss origin, 2 persons of Greek origin, 1 persons of Austro-Hungarian origin. 89 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. 53 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). 45 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 3,074 Methodists, 2,268 Presbyterians, 1,875 Anglicans (Church of England), 1,491 Roman Catholics, 924 Baptists, 102 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 66 Salvation Army adherents, 49 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 45 Jews, 34 Lutherans, 26 Congregationalists, 25 Brethren, 23 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 21 Mormons (Latter-day Saints), 6 Mennonites, 2 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 1 Disciples of Christ, 1 Friends (Quakers). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)

Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 2,199 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON088006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON122012 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q34106
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarnia
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarnia_(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). "Sarnia, Town—Ville, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/sarnia-town-ville-on088006-1911/.