Tillsonburg, T-V, Ontario (1911 census)

Tillsonburg, T-V was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 2,758. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q2415848. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.868°N, 80.722°W.

Population

In 1911, Tillsonburg, T-V had a population of 2,758: 1,343 male and 1,415 female residents. Population density was 881.1 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, Tillsonburg, T-V shared boundaries with:

• Dereham

Full census record, 1911

The 1911 census recorded 48 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 2,758 total population, 2,000 area in acres, 1,415 females in the population, 1,343 males in the population, 881.15 population per square mile, 716 single (never-married) females, 696 single (never-married) males, 683 families, 609 married males, 594 married females, 101 widowed females, 33 widowed males, 4 divorced males, 3.13 area in square miles, 2 divorced females, 2 legally separated females, 1 legally separated males. 2,241 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 1,441 persons of British origin (English), 460 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 443 persons of British origin (Irish), 296 persons of German origin, 49 persons of Dutch origin, 38 persons of French origin, 9 persons of Italian origin, 8 persons of British origin (other), 4 persons of Chinese origin, 3 persons of Swiss origin, 2 persons of Scandinavian origin. 1 persons recorded under the 1911 official census category "Jewish" (origin/ethnicity, distinct from the V2T2 religion category "Jews"). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)

Religion (1911). This community's record includes 1,106 Methodists, 514 Baptists, 463 Anglicans (Church of England), 414 Presbyterians, 79 Roman Catholics, 55 Salvation Army adherents, 50 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 34 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 10 Lutherans, 9 Adventists, 9 Congregationalists, 7 Mormons (Latter-day Saints), 4 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 2 Brethren, 2 Disciples of Christ, 1 Jews. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.) The 1911 enumerator also recorded 3 persons recorded under the 1911 official census category "Pagans"; primarily applied to Indigenous adherents of traditional spiritual practices. The label reflects period Christian-normative framing and is preserved as the historical source category. — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 677 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON107008 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON134014 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q2415848
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tillsonburg
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tillsonburg

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). "Tillsonburg, T-V, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/tillsonburg-t-v-on107008-1911/.