Thamesville, VL, Ontario (1911 census)

Thamesville, VL was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 807. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7709974. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.550°N, 81.977°W.

Population

In 1911, Thamesville, VL had a population of 807: 368 male and 439 female residents. Population density was 1301.6 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, Thamesville, VL shared boundaries with:

• Camden

Full census record, 1911

The 1911 census recorded 39 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 1,301.62 population per square mile, 807 total population, 439 females in the population, 394 area in acres, 368 males in the population, 219 families, 214 single (never-married) females, 183 single (never-married) males, 178 married females, 173 married males, 47 widowed females, 11 widowed males, 1 males with marital status not given, 0.62 area in square miles. 864 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 326 persons of British origin (English), 195 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 154 persons of British origin (Irish), 36 persons of French origin, 34 persons of German origin, 23 persons of British origin (other), 7 persons of Dutch origin, 1 persons of Chinese origin, 1 persons of Polish origin. 5 persons recorded under the 1911 official census category "Jewish" (origin/ethnicity, distinct from the V2T2 religion category "Jews"). 2 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 250 Presbyterians, 235 Methodists, 141 Anglicans (Church of England), 73 Baptists, 66 Roman Catholics, 23 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 18 Mormons (Latter-day Saints), 12 Salvation Army adherents, 5 Jews, 3 Congregationalists, 1 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 1 Disciples of Christ. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)

Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 218 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON084010 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON121022 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q7709974
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thamesville

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). "Thamesville, VL, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/thamesville-vl-on084010-1911/.