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 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 35.0 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 2 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (5 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| POP | 4,172 |
| POP F | 1,678 |
| POP M | 1,775 |
| POP PER SQ MI | 38.03 |
| POP TOT | 3,453 |
Other recorded variables (31 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| ADVENTISTS | 7 |
| ANGLICANS | 296 |
| AREA ACRES | 58,105 |
| AREA SQ MI | 90.79 |
| BAPTISTS | 2 |
| BELGIAN | 3 |
| BRIT ENGLISH | 1,209 |
| BRIT IRISH | 620 |
| BRIT SCOTCH | 188 |
| DUTCH | 2 |
| DWELLINGS | 804 |
| F MARRIED | 668 |
| F NOT GIVEN | 1 |
| F SINGLE | 920 |
| F WIDOWED | 89 |
| FAMILIES | 806 |
| FRENCH | 181 |
| GERMAN | 1,236 |
| INDIAN | 12 |
| LUTHERANS | 279 |
| M MARRIED | 674 |
| M NOT GIVEN | 2 |
| M SINGLE | 1,042 |
| M WIDOWED | 57 |
| METHODISTS | 1,339 |
| MORMONS | 7 |
| PRESBYTERIANS | 369 |
| ROMAN CATHOLICS | 448 |
| SWISS | 1 |
| UNSPECIFIED | 1 |
| VARIOUS SECTS | 706 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON082004— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON119011— 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). "Stephen, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/stephen-on082004-1911/.