Bosanquet, Ontario (1911 census)
Bosanquet was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 2,491. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q4947111. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.171°N, 81.901°W.
Population
In 1911, Bosanquet had a population of 2,491: 1,367 male and 1,124 female residents. Population density was 22.3 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 1,093 |
| 1861 | 3,097 |
| 1871 | 4,425 |
| 1881 | 3,360 |
| 1891 | 2,866 |
| 1901 | 2,862 |
| 1911 | 2,491 |
| 1921 | 2,332 |
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.
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Bosanquet, 1921 (94.1% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911
In the 1911 census, Bosanquet shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 47 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 71,499 area in acres, 2,491 total population, 1,367 males in the population, 1,124 females in the population, 850 single (never-married) males, 584 single (never-married) females, 567 families, 467 married males, 457 married females, 111.72 area in square miles, 78 widowed females, 47 widowed males, 22.30 population per square mile, 3 females with marital status not given, 2 males with marital status not given, 1 divorced females, 1 divorced males, 1 legally separated females. 2,862 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 1,061 persons of British origin (English), 552 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 521 persons of British origin (Irish), 204 persons of German origin, 90 persons of French origin, 12 persons of Dutch origin, 10 persons of British origin (other), 7 persons of Belgian origin, 6 persons of Swiss origin, 1 persons of Bulgarian or Romanian origin, 1 persons of Scandinavian origin. 1 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. 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 1,038 Methodists, 757 Presbyterians, 245 Anglicans (Church of England), 95 Baptists, 87 Congregationalists, 84 Roman Catholics, 46 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 44 Brethren, 30 Disciples of Christ, 24 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 21 Mennonites, 20 Salvation Army adherents, 18 Friends (Quakers), 4 Lutherans. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 560 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON087001— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON122001_1921— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q4947111
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosanquet,_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). "Bosanquet, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/bosanquet-on087001-1911/.