Winchester, Ontario (1911 census)
Winchester was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 3,384. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.120°N, 75.292°W.
Population
In 1911, Winchester had a population of 3,384: 1,766 male and 1,618 female residents. Population density was 37.0 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1891 | 3,621 |
| 1901 | 3,585 |
| 1911 | 3,384 |
| 1921 | 3,404 |
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, Winchester shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 36 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 58,609 area in acres, 3,384 total population, 1,766 males in the population, 1,618 females in the population, 1,075 single (never-married) males, 897 single (never-married) females, 684 families, 638 married males, 637 married females, 91.58 area in square miles, 84 widowed females, 52 widowed males, 36.95 population per square mile, 1 males with marital status not given. 3,589 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 1,095 persons of British origin (Irish), 595 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 449 persons of Dutch origin, 439 persons of French origin, 430 persons of British origin (English), 363 persons of German origin, 7 persons of British origin (other), 1 persons of Greek origin, 1 persons of Italian origin. 4 persons recorded under the official census category "Indian"; corresponds to what is now described as Indigenous (First Nations; in northern enumerations also Inuit) origin. "Indian" was simultaneously a census category and the legal/administrative term under the Indian Act (1876). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 1,597 Methodists, 884 Presbyterians, 585 Roman Catholics, 147 Baptists, 104 Anglicans (Church of England), 40 Lutherans, 21 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 3 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 2 Congregationalists, 1 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 679 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON063004— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON107004— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.
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). "Winchester, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/winchester-on063004-1911/.