Stephen, Ontario (1911 census)
Stephen was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 3,453. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115262903. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.299°N, 81.621°W.
Population
In 1911, Stephen had a population of 3,453: 1,775 male and 1,678 female residents. Population density was 38.0 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 742 |
| 1861 | 2,826 |
| 1871 | 4,349 |
| 1881 | 4,504 |
| 1891 | 4,271 |
| 1901 | 4,172 |
| 1911 | 3,453 |
| 1921 | 2,895 |
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, Stephen 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 58,105 area in acres, 3,453 total population, 1,775 males in the population, 1,678 females in the population, 1,042 single (never-married) males, 920 single (never-married) females, 806 families, 674 married males, 668 married females, 90.79 area in square miles, 89 widowed females, 57 widowed males, 38.03 population per square mile, 2 males with marital status not given, 1 females with marital status not given. 4,172 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 1,236 persons of German origin, 1,209 persons of British origin (English), 620 persons of British origin (Irish), 188 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 181 persons of French origin, 3 persons of Belgian origin, 2 persons of Dutch origin, 1 persons of Swiss origin. 12 persons recorded under the official census category "Indian"; corresponds to what is now described as Indigenous (First Nations; in northern enumerations also Inuit) origin. "Indian" was simultaneously a census category and the legal/administrative term under the Indian Act (1876). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 1,339 Methodists, 706 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 448 Roman Catholics, 369 Presbyterians, 296 Anglicans (Church of England), 279 Lutherans, 7 Adventists, 7 Mormons (Latter-day Saints), 2 Baptists, 1 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 804 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON082004— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON119011_1911— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q115262903
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). "Stephen, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/stephen-on082004-1911/.