Somerville, Ontario (1911 census)

Somerville was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 1,870. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7559988. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.684°N, 78.711°W.

Population

In 1911, Somerville had a population of 1,870: 993 male and 877 female residents. Population density was 17.3 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, Somerville shared boundaries with:

• Bexley
• Fenelon
• Galway
• Harvey
• Laxton
• Lutterworth
• Snowden
• Verulam

Full census record, 1911

The 1911 census recorded 15 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 2 categories.

Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 69,118 area in acres, 1,870 total population, 993 males in the population, 877 females in the population, 609 single (never-married) males, 486 single (never-married) females, 394 families, 359 married males, 345 married females, 108 area in square miles, 46 widowed females, 25 widowed males, 17.31 population per square mile. 2,105 population in the previous census (1901 reference column included in 1911 V1T1). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T2.)

Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 390 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON129030 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON149011 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q7559988
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somerville_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). "Somerville, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/somerville-on129030-1911/.