Balfour & Morgan, Ontario (1911 census)
Balfour & Morgan was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 557. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.629°N, 81.247°W.
Population
In 1911, Balfour & Morgan had a population of 557: 297 male and 260 female residents. Population density was 15.6 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 Balfour, 1921 (49.7% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Morgan, 1921 (50.3% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911
In the 1911 census, Balfour & Morgan shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 30 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 22,810 area in acres, 557 total population, 297 males in the population, 260 females in the population, 189 single (never-married) males, 153 single (never-married) females, 109 families, 105 married males, 101 married females, 35.64 area in square miles, 15.63 population per square mile, 6 widowed females, 3 widowed males. 930 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 422 persons of French origin, 50 persons of British origin (Irish), 31 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 26 persons of German origin, 24 persons of British origin (English), 2 persons of Austro-Hungarian origin, 1 persons of Dutch origin. 1 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). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 435 Roman Catholics, 50 Presbyterians, 45 Methodists, 16 Anglicans (Church of England), 8 Baptists, 2 Lutherans, 1 Disciples of Christ. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 100 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON054005— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON054005— 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). "Balfour & Morgan, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/balfour-morgan-on054005-1911/.