Yonge & Escott Front, Ontario (1911 census)
Yonge & Escott Front was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 2,537. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.489°N, 75.906°W.
Population
In 1911, Yonge & Escott Front had a population of 2,537: 1,264 male and 1,273 female residents. Population density was 30.5 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1891 | 2,857 |
| 1901 | 2,680 |
| 1911 | 2,537 |
| 1921 | 2,386 |
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, Yonge & Escott Front 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 53,314 area in acres, 2,537 total population, 1,273 females in the population, 1,264 males in the population, 724 single (never-married) males, 676 single (never-married) females, 573 families, 506 married males, 490 married females, 101 widowed females, 83.30 area in square miles, 30.46 population per square mile, 30 widowed males, 6 females with marital status not given, 4 males with marital status not given. 2,680 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 1,129 persons of British origin (Irish), 781 persons of British origin (English), 436 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 75 persons of German origin, 49 persons of French origin, 29 persons of Dutch origin, 20 persons of British origin (other), 4 persons of Scandinavian origin, 3 persons of Swiss origin. 1 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. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 1,331 Methodists, 521 Presbyterians, 350 Roman Catholics, 315 Anglicans (Church of England), 10 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 9 Baptists, 6 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 4 Congregationalists, 1 Lutherans. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 570 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON058002— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON124009— 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). "Yonge & Escott Front, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/yonge-escott-front-on058002-1911/.