Bowell & Wabigoon, Ontario (1911 census)

Bowell & Wabigoon was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 87. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.642°N, 93.453°W.

Population

In 1911, Bowell & Wabigoon had a population of 87: 128 male and 2 female residents. Population density was 3.2 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 contained Wabigoon, 1901 (2.6% share).
• In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Unorganized territory—Ter. non-organisé, 1901 (0.0% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911

In the 1911 census, Bowell & Wabigoon shared boundaries with:

• Along C. P. R. between English & Kaministiquia rivers
• Couchiching I R
• Dilke& Nelles
• Fort Frances t-v
• Watten

Full census record, 1911

The 1911 census recorded 30 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 6,400 area in acres, 128 males in the population, 98 single (never-married) males, 87 total population, 28 married males, 10 area in square miles, 9 families, 3.20 population per square mile, 2 females in the population, 2 married females, 2 widowed males. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T2.)

Ethnic origin (1911). This community's record includes 32 persons of British origin (Irish), 20 persons of British origin (English), 15 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 8 persons of Polish origin, 6 persons of French origin, 2 persons of British origin (other), 2 persons of Russian origin, 1 persons of German origin, 1 persons of Scandinavian origin. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)

Religion (1911). This community's record includes 32 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 19 Roman Catholics, 15 Anglicans (Church of England), 7 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 4 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 4 Lutherans, 3 Methodists, 2 Baptists, 1 Presbyterians. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2.)

Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 9 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON123040 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON123040 — 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). "Bowell & Wabigoon, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/bowell-wabigoon-on123040-1911/.