Scott, Ontario (1911 census)
Scott was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 2,119. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7437405. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.182°N, 79.216°W.
Population
In 1911, Scott had a population of 2,119: 1,109 male and 1,010 female residents. Population density was 23.5 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 1,028 |
| 1861 | 2,169 |
| 1871 | 2,775 |
| 1881 | 2,563 |
| 1891 | 2,342 |
| 1901 | 2,270 |
| 1911 | 2,119 |
| 1921 | 1,942 |
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, Scott shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 36 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 57,672 area in acres, 2,119 total population, 1,109 males in the population, 1,010 females in the population, 692 single (never-married) males, 576 single (never-married) females, 452 families, 386 married males, 380 married females, 90.11 area in square miles, 53 widowed females, 31 widowed males, 23.52 population per square mile, 1 divorced females. 2,270 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 982 persons of British origin (English), 531 persons of British origin (Irish), 381 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 186 persons of German origin, 18 persons of French origin, 10 persons of Dutch origin, 9 persons of British origin (other), 1 persons of Greek origin, 1 persons of Russian origin. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 1,068 Methodists, 819 Presbyterians, 71 Anglicans (Church of England), 54 Baptists, 43 Roman Catholics, 33 Mennonites, 14 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 7 Salvation Army adherents, 6 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 3 Friends (Quakers), 1 Congregationalists. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 442 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON103004— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON133006— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q7437405
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Township,_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). "Scott, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/scott-on103004-1911/.