Sheffield, Ontario (1911 census)
Sheffield was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 1,879. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.539°N, 77.010°W.
Population
In 1911, Sheffield had a population of 1,879: 942 male and 937 female residents. Population density was 11.7 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1861 | 2,925 |
| 1871 | 2,615 |
| 1881 | 2,591 |
| 1891 | 2,355 |
| 1901 | 2,280 |
| 1911 | 1,879 |
| 1921 | 1,600 |
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, Sheffield shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 24 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 103,219 area in acres, 1,879 total population, 942 males in the population, 937 females in the population, 576 single (never-married) males, 532 single (never-married) females, 410 families, 328 married males, 327 married females, 161.28 area in square miles, 78 widowed females, 38 widowed males, 11.65 population per square mile. 2,280 population in the previous census (1901 reference column included in 1911 V1T1). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T2.)
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 791 Roman Catholics, 623 Methodists, 309 Anglicans (Church of England), 140 Presbyterians, 12 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 1 Baptists, 1 Brethren, 1 Friends (Quakers), 1 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 409 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON092014— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON101008_1861— 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). "Sheffield, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/sheffield-on092014-1911/.