Benoit, Maisonville & Otto, Ontario (1911 census)
Benoit, Maisonville & Otto was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 223. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.451°N, 79.952°W.
Population
In 1911, Benoit, Maisonville & Otto had a population of 223: 11 male and 7 female residents. Population density was 0.8 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 (0.2% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Otto, 1921 (33.3% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Maisonville, 1921 (33.3% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Benoit, 1921 (33.4% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911
In the 1911 census, Benoit, Maisonville & Otto shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 33 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 13,947 area in acres, 223 total population, 21.79 area in square miles, 11 males in the population, 8 single (never-married) males, 7 females in the population, 4 single (never-married) females, 3 families, 2 married females, 2 married males, 1 widowed females, 1 widowed males, 0.83 population per square mile. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T2.)
Ethnic origin (1911). This community's record includes 43 persons of Italian origin, 23 persons of British origin (English), 22 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 11 persons of British origin (Irish), 7 persons of Russian origin, 5 persons of Swiss origin, 4 persons of French origin, 4 persons of German origin, 4 persons of Polish origin, 4 persons of Scandinavian origin, 2 persons of Austro-Hungarian origin. 8 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 86 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 79 Roman Catholics, 50 Presbyterians, 32 Anglicans (Church of England), 28 Lutherans, 19 Methodists, 15 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 3 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON099007— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON099007— 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). "Benoit, Maisonville & Otto, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/benoit-maisonville-otto-on099007-1911/.