St. Thomas, City—Cité, Ontario (1911 census)
St. Thomas, City—Cité was a city in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 14,054. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.781°N, 81.203°W.
Population
In 1911, St. Thomas, City—Cité had a population of 14,054: 6,957 male and 7,097 female residents. Population density was 14010.9 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 1,274 |
| 1861 | 1,631 |
| 1871 | 2,197 |
| 1881 | 8,367 |
| 1891 | 10,366 |
| 1901 | 11,485 |
| 1911 | 14,054 |
| 1921 | 16,026 |
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, St. Thomas, City—Cité shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 60 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 2 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (5 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| POP | 11,485 |
| POP F | 7,097 |
| POP M | 6,957 |
| POP PER SQ MI | 6,005.98 |
| POP TOT | 14,054 |
Other recorded variables (55 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| ADVENTISTS | 21 |
| ANGLICANS | 3,069 |
| AREA ACRES | 1,500 |
| AREA SQ MI | 2.34 |
| BAPTISTS | 1,488 |
| BELGIAN | 22 |
| BRETHREN | 7 |
| BRIT ENGLISH | 7,496 |
| BRIT IRISH | 2,360 |
| BRIT OTHER | 84 |
| BRIT SCOTCH | 2,657 |
| BULGARIAN AND RUMANIAN | 1 |
| CHINESE | 19 |
| CHRISTIANS | 153 |
| CONGREGATIONALISTS | 39 |
| CSD TYPE | C |
| DISCIPLES | 266 |
| DUTCH | 165 |
| DWELLINGS | 3,337 |
| F DIVORCED | 1 |
| F LEGAL SEP | 1 |
| F MARRIED | 3,057 |
| F NOT GIVEN | 12 |
| F SINGLE | 3,476 |
| F WIDOWED | 550 |
| FAMILIES | 3,402 |
| FRENCH | 233 |
| FRIENDS | 20 |
| GERMAN | 765 |
| GREEK | 7 |
| GREEK CHURCH | 13 |
| INDIAN | 4 |
| ITALIAN | 50 |
| JEWISH | 41 |
| JEWS | 40 |
| LUTHERANS | 41 |
| M MARRIED | 3,143 |
| M NOT GIVEN | 34 |
| M SINGLE | 3,645 |
| M WIDOWED | 135 |
| MENNONITES | 11 |
| METHODISTS | 4,168 |
| MORMONS | 106 |
| NEGRO | 3 |
| PAGANS | 7 |
| POLISH | 13 |
| PRESBYTERIANS | 2,583 |
| PROTESTANTS | 16 |
| ROMAN CATHOLICS | 1,431 |
| RUSSIAN | 6 |
| SALVATION ARMY | 244 |
| SCANDINAVIAN | 21 |
| SWISS | 2 |
| UNSPECIFIED | 105 |
| VARIOUS SECTS | 266 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON066004— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON109008_1851— 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). "St. Thomas, City—Cité, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/st-thomas-city-cit-on066004-1911/.