Nipissing (1891–1921), Ontario
Nipissing (1891–1921) was a Census Division in Ontario as recorded in the 1891–1921 Canadian census series. It comprised the constituent Census Subdivisions listed below for each year it appears in the published volumes. This CD is grounded to Wikidata Q1436530.
Population trajectory across census years
Aggregate population summed from constituent Census Subdivisions in this Census Division each year. Where the published 1851–1921 census volumes report a CD-level total, the figures should match within rounding; for cities split into wards, the per-CSD sum may diverge from the published CD aggregate.
| Year | Population | CSDs |
|---|---|---|
| 1891 | 13,020 | 12 |
| 1901 | 36,551 | 59 |
| 1911 | 116,693 | 172 |
| 1921 | 34,543 | 93 |
Constituent Census Subdivisions by year
1891 census
- Appleby, Hagar, Awrey, Hawley, Dryden, Dill & Nelson (pop 155)
- Blezard, McKim (including Sudbury & Broder) (pop 2,354)
- Bonfield, Chisholm, Boulter & Ferris (pop 2,249)
- Calvin, Lauder, Ballantyne, Wilkes, Pentland, Paxton, Biggar, Osler, Lyster & Boyd (pop 549)
- Cameron, Deacon & Fitzgerald (pop 242)
- Finlayson & Peck (pop 204)
- Kirkpatrick, Hugel, Ratter & Dunnett (pop 535)
- Mattawa, T-V wd (pop 1,438)
- Nipissing, Indian Reserve, Springer, Field, Badgerow & Caldwell (pop 1,480)
- North Bay (Town—Ville), Widdifield, Phelps & Olrig (pop 2,210)
- Papineau & Mattawa (pop 694)
- Unorganized Territory (pop 910)
1901 census
- Aird Island (pop 122)
- Airey & parts of Sabine & Lyell (pop 704)
- Algoma Mills (pop 127)
- Badgerow, Field, Gibbons & Bastedo (parts) (pop 89)
- Balfour, Chelmsford & unorganized territory— Ter. non-organisé (pop 922)
- Biskotasing (pop 102)
- Blezard & Hanmer (pop 681)
- Bonfield wd (pop 1,707)
- Buck (pop 270)
- Caldwell wd (pop 868)
- Calvin wd (pop 509)
- Cameron (pop 487)
- Cartier wd (pop 125)
- Casey, Hilliard, Brethour, Ingram & part Harris (pop 71)
- Chisholm & Boulter (pop 958)
- Clara, Head & Maria (pop 483)
- Collins Inlet (pop 163)
- Cooks Mills (pop 241)
- Crerar & parts Badgerow, Gibbons & Bastedo (pop 311)
- Cutler (pop 305)
- Drury, Denison & Graham (pop 807)
- Dryden, Neelon, Garson & part Maclennan (pop 506)
- Dunnett & Ratter (pop 774)
- Dymond, Harley, Hudson, Kerns & part Harris (pop 698)
- Ferris wd (pop 962)
- Geneva Lake (pop 230)
- Gertrude, Mine & Creighton (pop 94)
- Grant & part Field (pop 188)
- Hagar, Loughrin, Awrey & Hawley (pop 157)
- Hallam (pop 665)
- Hugel wd (pop 192)
- Jennings & parts Casimir & Appleby (pop 282)
- Killarney wd (pop 288)
- Kirkpatrick, Badgerow, Appleby & Casimir (parts) (pop 357)
- Lauder & Wilkes (pop 66)
- Long Sault (pop 26)
- Macpherson & part of Kirkpatrick (pop 151)
- Martland (pop 172)
- Mattawa, T-V wd (pop 1,400)
- Mattawan wd (pop 328)
- May, Salter & Township 116 (pop 1,507)
- McKim wd (pop 3,012)
- Montreal River & Temagami Lake (pop 342)
- Murchison, Preston & part Lyell (pop 323)
- Nairn, Lorne, Hyman & unorganized territory (pop 1,947)
- North Bay, T-V wd (pop 2,530)
- Papineau wd (pop 670)
- Peck, Hunter, Canisbay & McLaughlin (pop 543)
- Rathburn, Street & part Maclennan (pop 29)
- Rayside & Unorg. Ter—Ter. non-organisé (pop 835)
- Sabine & Lyell (parts) (pop 146)
- Snider & Waters (pop 687)
- Spanish wd (pop 151)
- Springer wd (pop 1,305)
- Sturgeon Falls, T-V (pop 1,418)
- Sudbury, T-V wd (pop 2,027)
- Walford (pop 335)
- Whitefish River, Mouth (pop 237)
- Widdifield wd (pop 919)
1911 census
- Airy wd (pop 1,016)
- Anglin Deacon & Lister (pop 295)
- Appleby & Hawley (pop 300)
- Armstrong, Beauchamp & Bryce (pop 664)
- Awrey, Dryden & Hagar (pop 435)
- Bastedo, Gibbons & Crerar (pop 368)
- Bear Creek (pop 13)
- Bear Island (pop 132)
- Benoit, Maisonville & Otto (pop 223)
- Bonfield wd (pop 1,158)
- Bonfield t-v wd (pop 484)
- Bonfield, T-V wd (pop 484)
- Bonis & Bowyer (pop 174)
- Boulter (pop 109)
- Bowman (pop 221)
- Brethour wd (pop 181)
- Broder (pop 238)
- Brower (pop 31)
- Bucke wd (pop 1,860)
- Cache Bay t-v (pop 889)
- Cache Bay, T-V (pop 889)
- Caldwell wd (pop 1,445)
- Calvert, Sherring & Mortimer (pop 65)
- Calvin wd (pop 543)
- Cameron (pop 312)
- Canisbay wd (pop 41)
- Capreol, Norman & Rathburne (pop 645)
- Carman, Langmuir & Thomas (pop 64)
- Carr (pop 111)
- Casey & Harris (pop 595)
- Casimir, Hendrie & Jennings (pop 454)
- Chamberlain & Marter (pop 391)
- Charleton & Dack (pop 736)
- Chisholm wd (pop 1,051)
- Clara & Maria (pop 152)
- Cleland, Davis Falconbridge & McCarthy (pop 68)
- Clergue, Walker & Taylor (pop 418)
- Cobalt t-v wd (pop 5,638)
- Cobalt, T-V wd (pop 5,638)
- Cochrane t-v wd (pop 1,715)
- Cochrane, T-V wd (pop 1,715)
- Coleman wd (pop 3,131)
- Copper Cliff t-v wd (pop 3,082)
- Copper Cliff t-v wd (pop 3,082)
- Cosby & Mason (pop 635)
- Cross Lake (pop 35)
- Dill & Secord (pop 244)
- Dundonald, Evelyn, German & Matheson (pop 310)
- Dunnett & Ratter (pop 1,199)
- Dymond wd (pop 780)
- Elk Lake (pop 20)
- Elk Lake Mining Div'n (pop 123)
- Elk Lake Mining Division (pop 123)
- Englehart t-v wd (pop 670)
- Englehart, T-V wd (pop 670)
- Evanturel wd (pop 317)
- Ferris wd (pop 1,223)
- Field, Grant & Badgerow (pop 672)
- Firstbrook & Barr (pop 62)
- Fort Matatchewan (pop 90)
- Fort Matatchewan, Bear Creek & Bear Island (pop 235)
- French River I R (pop 36)
- Garson & Neelon (pop 1,082)
- Glackmeyer (pop 144)
- Gooderham & Osborne (pop 165)
- Gowganda Mining District (pop 505)
- Haileybury t-v wd (pop 3,874)
- Haileybury, T-V wd (pop 3,874)
- Hanmer & Blezard (pop 1,099)
- Harley wd (pop 445)
- Haultain, Knight, Morel, Rankin, Tyrell, and Van Hise (pop 158)
- Head (pop 235)
- Henwood & Kerns (pop 596)
- Hilliard wd (pop 310)
- Hilliard wd (pop 71)
- Hislop, Munro, Playfair & Guibord (pop 100)
- Hudson wd (pop 310)
- Hugel wd (pop 382)
- Hunter wd (pop 84)
- Hutton & Creelman (pop 699)
- Ingram & Pense (pop 153)
- James wd (pop 626)
- James wd (pop 82)
- Kirkpatrick wd (pop 434)
- Larder Lake Mining Div. (pop 100)
- Larder Lake Mining Division (pop 100)
- Latchford t-v wd (pop 428)
- Latchford, T-V wd (pop 428)
- Lauder (pop 20)
- Lebel (pop 22)
- Lorrain & South Lorrain (pop 547)
- Lyell, Murchison, Cross Lake, Dickens, Preston & Clancy (pop 522)
- Macpherson & Loudan (pop 459)
- Marter (pop 113)
- Martland (pop 456)
- Martland wd (pop 456)
- Matheson (pop 52)
- Mattawa t-v wd (pop 1,524)
- Mattawa, T-V wd (pop 1,524)
- Mattawan wd (pop 188)
- Mattawan wd (pop 188)
- McKim wd (pop 310)
- Milner wd (pop 66)
- Milner wd (pop 66)
- Moose Fort (pop 468)
- Moose Fort (pop 468)
- Morel (pop 11)
- Mortimer (pop 26)
- Mulock (pop 12)
- Muro (pop 27)
- Neelon wd (pop 342)
- New Liskeard t-v wd (pop 2,108)
- New Liskeard, T-V wd (pop 2,108)
- Nichol
- Nipissing I R (pop 231)
- NO DATA
- Norman wd (pop 48)
- North Bay t-v wd (pop 7,737)
- North Bay, T-V wd (pop 7,737)
- Osborne wd (pop 25)
- Other parts (pop 540)
- Other parts
- Otto wd (pop 84)
- Pacard (pop 60)
- Pacard (pop 60)
- Papineau wd (pop 633)
- Papineau wd (pop 633)
- Peck (pop 65)
- Peck (pop 65)
- Pense wd (pop 11)
- Phelps (pop 39)
- Phelps (pop 39)
- Playfair (pop 25)
- Poitras wd (pop 26)
- Poitras wd (pop 26)
- Rankine (pop 18)
- Rathburne (pop 12)
- Ratter wd (pop 94)
- Ray wd (pop 15)
- Robillard wd (pop 136)
- Robillard, Savard and Sharpe (pop 275)
- Sabine wd (pop 99)
- Sabine wd (pop 99)
- Savard (pop 103)
- Scollard wd (pop 71)
- Secord wd (pop 63)
- Sharpe wd (pop 36)
- Sherring (pop 20)
- Springer wd (pop 1,241)
- Springer wd (pop 1,241)
- Stewart (pop 354)
- Stewart & Mulock (pop 366)
- Sturgeon Falls t-v (pop 2,199)
- Sturgeon Falls, T-V (pop 2,199)
- Sudbury t-v wd (pop 4,150)
- Sudbury t-v wd (pop 4,150)
- Taylor (pop 185)
- Temagami (pop 133)
- Temagami Forest Reserve (pop 297)
- Temagami Forest Reserve (pop 297)
- Temagami, French River & Nipissing I R (pop 400)
- Thomas (pop 15)
- Turtle Lake I R (pop 62)
- Tyrell (pop 12)
- Unsurveyed parts north of Transcontinental Railway (pop 178)
- Unsurveyed territory (pop 178)
- Van Hise wd (pop 11)
- Walker (pop 73)
- White wd (pop 24)
- White wd (pop 24)
- Widdifield wd (pop 1,256)
- Widdifield wd (pop 1,256)
1921 census
- Airy wd (pop 890)
- Askin wd (pop 33)
- Aston wd (pop 2)
- Badgerow wd (pop 255)
- Ballantyne wd (pop 1)
- Barron wd (pop 28)
- Bastedo wd (pop 113)
- Bear Island (pop 41)
- Beaucage wd (pop 47)
- Biggar wd (pop 1)
- Bishop wd (pop 21)
- Blyth wd (pop 2)
- Bonfield wd (pop 1,267)
- Bonfield, T-V wd (pop 421)
- Boulter & Lauder (pop 71)
- Bower wd (pop 1)
- Boyd (pop 152)
- Bronson wd (pop 65)
- Butt wd (pop 3)
- Cache Bay, T-V (pop 926)
- Caldwell wd (pop 1,544)
- Calvin wd (pop 496)
- Cameron (pop 312)
- Canisbay wd (pop 51)
- Canton wd (pop 2)
- Chisholm wd (pop 1,041)
- Clancy wd (pop 11)
- Commanda (pop 11)
- Crerar wd (pop 245)
- Dana wd (pop 3)
- Deacon (pop 129)
- Devine wd (pop 5)
- Dickens wd (pop 41)
- Dickson wd (pop 1)
- Eddy wd (pop 21)
- Edgar wd (pop 94)
- Falconer wd (pop 49)
- Ferris wd (pop 1,358)
- Field wd (pop 1,008)
- Finlayson wd (pop 2)
- Freswick wd (pop 4)
- Gibbons wd (pop 361)
- Gladman wd (pop 2)
- Grant wd (pop 154)
- Hugel wd (pop 376)
- Hunter wd (pop 32)
- Indian Reserves (pop 341)
- Kenny wd (pop 6)
- Kirkpatrick wd (pop 405)
- Lister wd (pop 17)
- Loudon wd (pop 40)
- Lyell wd (pop 141)
- Lyman wd (pop 2)
- Macpherson wd (pop 498)
- Master wd (pop 8)
- Mattawa, T-V wd (pop 1,462)
- Mattawan wd (pop 198)
- McCraney wd (pop 26)
- McLaren wd (pop 6)
- McLaughlin wd (pop 31)
- McWilliams wd (pop 2)
- Medina (pop 2)
- Mulock (pop 4)
- Murchison wd (pop 482)
- Niven wd (pop 24)
- NO DATA
- North Bay, T-V wd (pop 10,692)
- Notman wd (pop 1)
- Osborne wd (pop 18)
- Osler wd (pop 3)
- Papineau wd (pop 606)
- Paxton wd (pop 2)
- Peck (pop 46)
- Pedley wd (pop 35)
- Pentland wd (pop 61)
- Poitras wd (pop 23)
- Preston wd (pop 125)
- Sabine wd (pop 230)
- Scholes wd (pop 4)
- Sisk wd (pop 32)
- Springer wd (pop 1,431)
- Sproule wd (pop 2)
- Stewart (pop 63)
- Strathy wd (pop 123)
- Stratton wd (pop 10)
- Sturgeon Falls, T-V (pop 4,125)
- Temagami Forest Reserves (pop 136)
- Thistle wd (pop 1)
- Torrington wd (pop 2)
- Vogt wd (pop 23)
- White wd (pop 44)
- Widdifield wd (pop 1,314)
- Wilkes wd (pop 3)
Lineage
Boundary changes connecting this Census Division to others in the 1851–1921 series, derived from spatial polygon overlap across census-year boundary files.
- Split off from Algoma in 1891.
- Split off from Algoma in 1901.
- Merged into Algoma East (1911) in 1911.
Identifiers
- HGIS Canada CD ID:
CD_ON_Nipissing_1891 - Wikidata: Q1436530
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nipissing_District
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_de_Nipissing
Sources
Census Division boundaries derived from the
Canadian Peoples / TCP
1851–1921 Census Subdivision boundary files (NAME_CD_<year> attributes,
hosted at the HGIS Lab, University of Saskatchewan).
Constituent-CSD memberships use the P10_falls_within CIDOC-CRM relationships
emitted by the spatial CIDOC builder. Wikidata grounding for Census Divisions performed via the
HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph
project's MCP-assisted disambiguation pipeline. See the About / Methodology
page for the full data pipeline.