Bonfield, T-V, Ontario (1911 census)
Bonfield, T-V was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 484. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q4941782. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.623°N, 80.594°W.
Population
In 1911, Bonfield, T-V had a population of 484: 46 male and 3 female residents. Population density was 1.3 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1911 | 484 |
| 1921 | 421 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
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 Bonfield, 1901 (1.1% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911
In the 1911 census, Bonfield, T-V shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 23 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 24,038 area in acres, 484 total population, 46 males in the population, 37.56 area in square miles, 26 single (never-married) males, 20 married males, 9 families, 3 females in the population, 2 single (never-married) females, 1.30 population per square mile, 1 married females. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T2.)
Ethnic origin (1911). This community's record includes 388 persons of French origin, 70 persons of British origin (Irish), 15 persons of British origin (English), 2 persons of Swiss origin, 1 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 1 persons of German origin. 3 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 473 Roman Catholics, 4 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 3 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 3 Anglicans (Church of England), 1 Methodists. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON099090— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON130088— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q4941782
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonfield,_Ontario
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonfield_(Ontario)
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). "Bonfield, T-V, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/bonfield-t-v-on099090-1911/.