Winchester, Village, Ontario (1911 census)
Winchester, Village was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 1,143. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.090°N, 75.340°W.
Population
In 1911, Winchester, Village had a population of 1,143: 532 male and 611 female residents. Population density was 1465.4 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1891 | 962 |
| 1901 | 1,101 |
| 1911 | 1,143 |
| 1921 | 1,126 |
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, Village shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 35 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 1,465.38 population per square mile, 1,143 total population, 611 females in the population, 532 males in the population, 500 area in acres, 328 single (never-married) females, 285 single (never-married) males, 281 families, 223 married females, 221 married males, 57 widowed females, 24 widowed males, 3 females with marital status not given, 2 males with marital status not given, 0.78 area in square miles. 1,101 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 378 persons of British origin (Irish), 298 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 264 persons of British origin (English), 117 persons of Dutch origin, 57 persons of French origin, 19 persons of German origin, 6 persons of British origin (other), 1 persons of Chinese origin, 1 persons of Scandinavian origin. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 655 Methodists, 255 Presbyterians, 113 Baptists, 102 Anglicans (Church of England), 12 Roman Catholics, 4 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 2 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 1 Congregationalists, 1 Lutherans. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 274 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON063008— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON107008— 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, Village, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/winchester-village-on063008-1911/.