Barrie Island, Ontario (1911 census)

Barrie Island was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 206. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q11687419. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.927°N, 82.647°W.

Population

In 1911, Barrie Island had a population of 206: 117 male and 89 female residents. Population density was 6.2 people per square mile.

Population trajectory across census years

Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).

Full census record, 1911

The 1911 census recorded 25 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 21,424 area in acres, 206 total population, 117 males in the population, 89 females in the population, 85 single (never-married) males, 53 single (never-married) females, 42 families, 33.48 area in square miles, 31 married females, 31 married males, 6.15 population per square mile, 5 widowed females, 1 widowed males. 268 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 112 persons of British origin (English), 57 persons of British origin (Irish), 21 persons of German origin, 16 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish). 2 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 111 Methodists, 45 Anglicans (Church of England), 42 Presbyterians, 7 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 1 Lutherans. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2.)

Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 42 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON054006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON054006 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q11687419

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). "Barrie Island, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/barrie-island-on054006-1911/.