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Year: 1911  |  Province: Ontario  |  Wikidata: Q424773

Welland, C, Ontario (1911 census)

Welland, C was a city in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 5,318. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q424773. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.987°N, 79.240°W.

Population

In 1911, Welland, C had a population of 5,318: 2,968 male and 2,350 female residents. Population density was 2954.4 people per square mile.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
1861731
18711,110
18811,870
18912,035
19011,863
19115,318
19218,654

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, Welland, C shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1911

The 1911 census recorded 53 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 5,318 total population, 2,968 males in the population, 2,954.44 population per square mile, 2,350 females in the population, 1,652 single (never-married) males, 1,177 families, 1,152 single (never-married) females, 1,150 area in acres, 1,104 married males, 1,046 married females, 152 males with marital status not given, 119 widowed females, 60 widowed males, 32 females with marital status not given, 1.80 area in square miles, 1 divorced females. 1,863 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 1,798 persons of British origin (English), 954 persons of German origin, 749 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 705 persons of British origin (Irish), 351 persons of Austro-Hungarian origin, 257 persons of Italian origin, 150 persons of French origin, 60 persons of British origin (other), 31 persons of Bulgarian or Romanian origin, 21 persons of Dutch origin, 16 persons of Scandinavian origin, 14 persons of Polish origin, 10 persons of Russian origin, 7 persons of Chinese origin, 6 persons of Swiss origin. 22 persons recorded under the 1911/1921 official census category "Negro"; refers to people of African descent. Term is now considered offensive and is preserved here only as the historical source label. 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 1,517 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 1,000 Roman Catholics, 805 Anglicans (Church of England), 793 Methodists, 556 Presbyterians, 218 Baptists, 166 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 122 Disciples of Christ, 88 Lutherans, 47 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 43 Salvation Army adherents, 30 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 11 Congregationalists, 6 Mennonites, 5 Friends (Quakers), 4 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 4 Mormons (Latter-day Saints), 1 Jews. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)

Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 1,079 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Identifiers

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). "Welland, C, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/welland-c-on132011-1911/.