Baldwin & Merritt, Ontario (1911 census)
Baldwin & Merritt was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 1,390. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.322°N, 81.753°W.
Population
In 1911, Baldwin & Merritt had a population of 1,390: 181 male and 103 female residents. Population density was 7.9 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.
Earlier boundary forms
- In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in NO DATA, 1901 (0.1% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Merritt, 1921 (48.8% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Algoma Eastern R from southern boundary of Sudbury to Merritt tp, 1921 (1.4% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Baldwin, 1921 (49.9% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911
In the 1911 census, Baldwin & Merritt shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 43 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 23,065 area in acres, 1,390 total population, 181 males in the population, 117 single (never-married) males, 103 females in the population, 63 single (never-married) females, 58 married males, 39 families, 38 married females, 36.04 area in square miles, 7.88 population per square mile, 4 widowed males, 2 females with marital status not given, 2 males with marital status not given. 14 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 621 persons of French origin, 286 persons of Polish origin, 148 persons of British origin (Irish), 84 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 71 persons of Italian origin, 67 persons of British origin (English), 49 persons of Scandinavian origin, 23 persons of Russian origin, 12 persons of German origin, 3 persons of Austro-Hungarian origin, 1 persons of British origin (other), 1 persons of Chinese origin. 10 persons recorded under the 1911 official census category "Jewish" (origin/ethnicity, distinct from the V2T2 religion category "Jews"). 2 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). 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 1,080 Roman Catholics, 71 Presbyterians, 69 Lutherans, 55 Methodists, 52 Anglicans (Church of England), 26 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 12 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 11 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 9 Jews, 7 Brethren, 2 Baptists, 1 Congregationalists. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 38 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON054004— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON054004— 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). "Baldwin & Merritt, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/baldwin-merritt-on054004-1911/.