Bar River, Ontario (1901 census)
Bar River was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 436. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.398°N, 84.054°W.
Population
In 1901, Bar River had a population of 436: 242 male and 194 female residents. Population density was 11.1 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 Port Findlay, 1891 (62.7% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1901
In the 1901 census, Bar River shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1901
The 1901 census recorded 20 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of families | 93 |
| Number of females | 194 |
| Number of males | 242 |
| Number of married females | 73 |
| Number of married males | 73 |
| Number of single females | 113 |
| Number of single males | 169 |
| Number of widowed females | 8 |
| POP F | 194 |
| POP M | 242 |
| POP TOT | 436 |
| Total population | 436 |
Buildings & housing (1 variable)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of houses | 93 |
Other recorded variables (7 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| FAMILIES | 93 |
| HOUSES | 93 |
| MARRIED F | 73 |
| MARRIED M | 73 |
| SINGLE F | 113 |
| SINGLE M | 169 |
| WIDOWED F | 8 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON044002— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON044002— 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 1901 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). "Bar River, Ontario (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/bar-river-on044002-1901/.