Thorah, Ontario (1911 census)
Thorah was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 1,366. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7796147. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.443°N, 79.148°W.
Population
In 1911, Thorah had a population of 1,366: 753 male and 613 female residents. Population density was 27.7 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,965 |
| 1881 | 2,542 |
| 1891 | 1,623 |
| 1901 | 1,438 |
| 1911 | 1,366 |
| 1921 | 1,174 |
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, Thorah shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 34 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 31,608 area in acres, 1,366 total population, 753 males in the population, 613 females in the population, 488 single (never-married) males, 344 single (never-married) females, 283 families, 241 married males, 231 married females, 49.39 area in square miles, 38 widowed females, 27.66 population per square mile, 14 widowed males, 10 males with marital status not given. 1,438 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 585 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 519 persons of British origin (English), 191 persons of British origin (Irish), 19 persons of Dutch origin, 16 persons of Italian origin, 14 persons of French origin, 10 persons of Polish origin, 6 persons of British origin (other), 1 persons of Chinese origin. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 812 Presbyterians, 277 Methodists, 156 Roman Catholics, 94 Anglicans (Church of England), 11 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 10 Baptists, 5 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 4 Congregationalists, 2 Disciples of Christ. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 280 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON103005— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON133008— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q7796147
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorah_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). "Thorah, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/thorah-on103005-1911/.