Tottenham, VL, Ontario (1911 census)

Tottenham, VL was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 517. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7828438. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.025°N, 79.803°W.

Population

In 1911, Tottenham, VL had a population of 517: 220 male and 297 female residents. Population density was 820.6 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, Tottenham, VL shared boundaries with:

• Tecumseth

Full census record, 1911

The 1911 census recorded 31 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 820.63 population per square mile, 517 total population, 400 area in acres, 297 females in the population, 220 males in the population, 156 single (never-married) females, 149 families, 112 married males, 100 married females, 100 single (never-married) males, 41 widowed females, 8 widowed males, 0.63 area in square miles. 611 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 200 persons of British origin (Irish), 110 persons of British origin (English), 60 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 5 persons of German origin, 1 persons of Chinese origin, 1 persons of Dutch origin, 1 persons of French origin. 7 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 229 Methodists, 132 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 125 Presbyterians, 88 Roman Catholics, 55 Anglicans (Church of England), 9 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 7 Jews, 4 Friends (Quakers). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)

Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 149 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON121011 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON144030 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q7828438
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tottenham,_Ontario

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). "Tottenham, VL, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/tottenham-vl-on121011-1911/.