Bright & Day, Ontario (1911 census)
Bright & Day was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 358. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.280°N, 82.152°W.
Population
In 1911, Bright & Day had a population of 358: 152 male and 119 female residents.
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 Day, 1901 (56.3% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Bright, 1921 (43.7% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Day, 1921 (56.3% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911
In the 1911 census, Bright & Day shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 24 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 358 total population, 152 males in the population, 119 females in the population, 91 single (never-married) males, 79 single (never-married) females, 60 married males, 45 families, 38 married females, 2 widowed females, 1 widowed males. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T2.)
Ethnic origin (1911). This community's record includes 138 persons of British origin (Irish), 107 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 83 persons of British origin (English), 21 persons of Italian origin, 1 persons of German origin. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 162 Presbyterians, 91 Methodists, 36 Baptists, 27 Roman Catholics, 21 Anglicans (Church of England), 20 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 8 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 1 Salvation Army adherents. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 45 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON054009— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON054009— 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). "Bright & Day, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/bright-day-on054009-1911/.