Vaughan, Ontario (1911 census)
Vaughan was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 4,398. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q44013. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.838°N, 79.556°W.
Population
In 1911, Vaughan had a population of 4,398: 2,338 male and 2,060 female residents. Population density was 41.2 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 7,723 |
| 1861 | 7,955 |
| 1871 | 7,657 |
| 1881 | 6,828 |
| 1891 | 5,292 |
| 1901 | 4,586 |
| 1911 | 4,398 |
| 1921 | 5,080 |
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, Vaughan shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 43 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 68,380 area in acres, 4,398 total population, 2,338 males in the population, 2,060 females in the population, 1,416 single (never-married) males, 1,147 single (never-married) females, 940 families, 795 married males, 768 married females, 106.85 area in square miles, 98 widowed females, 72 widowed males, 47 females with marital status not given, 41.18 population per square mile, 40 males with marital status not given, 15 legally separated males. 4,586 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 2,014 persons of British origin (English), 865 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 826 persons of British origin (Irish), 471 persons of German origin, 132 persons of Dutch origin, 35 persons of British origin (other), 18 persons of Bulgarian or Romanian origin, 15 persons of French origin, 1 persons of Swiss origin. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.) The 1911 enumerator also recorded 3 persons of Japanese origin — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 1,948 Methodists, 1,307 Presbyterians, 470 Anglicans (Church of England), 173 Lutherans, 173 Roman Catholics, 125 Congregationalists, 120 Baptists, 26 Disciples of Christ, 18 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 18 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 11 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 8 Mennonites, 7 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 7 Mormons (Latter-day Saints), 5 Salvation Army adherents. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 931 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 people connected to this place who were alive in 1911, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Susannah Augusta Stokes | 1805–1923 | died here |
| A. E. (Albert Edward) McPhillips | 1861–1938 | born here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON136004— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON154008— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q44013
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaughan
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaughan_(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). "Vaughan, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/vaughan-on136004-1911/.