Seymour, Ontario (1911 census)
Seymour was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 3,331. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7459234. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.328°N, 77.779°W.
Population
In 1911, Seymour had a population of 3,331: 1,905 male and 1,426 female residents. Population density was 29.2 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 2,781 |
| 1861 | 3,842 |
| 1871 | 4,289 |
| 1881 | 3,783 |
| 1891 | 3,509 |
| 1901 | 3,261 |
| 1911 | 3,331 |
| 1921 | 2,687 |
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, Seymour shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 43 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 73,025 area in acres, 3,331 total population, 1,905 males in the population, 1,426 females in the population, 1,077 single (never-married) males, 759 married males, 729 single (never-married) females, 715 families, 626 married females, 114.10 area in square miles, 68 widowed females, 53 widowed males, 29.19 population per square mile, 15 males with marital status not given, 3 females with marital status not given, 1 divorced males. 3,261 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 1,013 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 996 persons of British origin (English), 802 persons of British origin (Irish), 127 persons of French origin, 120 persons of Italian origin, 106 persons of German origin, 41 persons of Austro-Hungarian origin, 36 persons of Greek origin, 34 persons of Dutch origin, 18 persons of Russian origin, 7 persons of Bulgarian or Romanian origin, 4 persons of Chinese origin, 1 persons of British origin (other), 1 persons of Polish origin. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 1,426 Methodists, 1,035 Presbyterians, 482 Roman Catholics, 239 Anglicans (Church of England), 72 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 62 Baptists, 25 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 7 Salvation Army adherents, 2 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 2 Brethren, 1 Congregationalists. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 697 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON101005— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON132009— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q7459234
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seymour_Township
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). "Seymour, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/seymour-on101005-1911/.