Woodstock c, Ontario (1911 census)
Woodstock c was a city in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 9,320. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q1642364. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.125°N, 80.753°W.
Population
In 1911, Woodstock c had a population of 9,320: 4,434 male and 4,886 female residents. Population density was 3915.9 people per square mile.
Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)
Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Woodstock, C, 1921 (30.4% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911
In the 1911 census, Woodstock c shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 50 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 9,320 total population, 4,886 females in the population, 4,434 males in the population, 3,915.87 population per square mile, 2,523 single (never-married) females, 2,322 single (never-married) males, 2,275 families, 1,957 married females, 1,949 married males, 1,525 area in acres, 380 widowed females, 141 widowed males, 25 females with marital status not given, 22 males with marital status not given, 2.38 area in square miles, 1 legally separated females. 8,833 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 4,993 persons of British origin (English), 1,944 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 1,069 persons of British origin (Irish), 571 persons of German origin, 72 persons of French origin, 56 persons of Dutch origin, 51 persons of Italian origin, 26 persons of British origin (other), 16 persons of Chinese origin, 8 persons of Swiss origin, 6 persons of Greek origin, 5 persons of Scandinavian origin, 4 persons of Austro-Hungarian origin. 60 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. 35 persons recorded under the 1911 official census category "Jewish" (origin/ethnicity, distinct from the V2T2 religion category "Jews"). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.) The 1911 enumerator also recorded 1 persons of Japanese origin — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 2,844 Methodists, 2,515 Anglicans (Church of England), 1,987 Presbyterians, 933 Baptists, 589 Roman Catholics, 403 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 162 Congregationalists, 133 Salvation Army adherents, 46 Lutherans, 40 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 35 Jews, 17 Brethren, 7 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 5 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 2 Friends (Quakers), 1 Disciples of Christ. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 2,251 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON106006— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON106006_1911_1911— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q1642364
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodstock,_Ontario
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodstock_(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). "Woodstock c, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/woodstock-c-on106006-1911/.