Cameron, Ontario (1911 census)

Cameron was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 312. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.015°N, 80.877°W.

Population

In 1911, Cameron had a population of 312: 22 male and 9 female residents. Population density was 0.9 people per square mile.

Population trajectory across census years

Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911

In the 1911 census, Cameron shared boundaries with:

• Lyell, Murchison, Cross Lake, Dickens, Preston & Clancy
• Other parts
• Tisdale tp & Porcupine district

Full census record, 1911

The 1911 census recorded 22 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 22,883 area in acres, 312 total population, 35.75 area in square miles, 22 males in the population, 16 single (never-married) males, 9 families, 9 females in the population, 6 married males, 6 single (never-married) females, 3 married females, 0.87 population per square mile. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T2.)

Ethnic origin (1911). This community's record includes 215 persons of French origin, 32 persons of British origin (Irish), 16 persons of British origin (English), 11 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 11 persons of German origin, 1 persons of Scandinavian origin. 26 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 277 Roman Catholics, 19 Presbyterians, 16 Anglicans (Church of England). (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: ON099019 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON130020 — 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). "Cameron, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/cameron-on099019-1911/.