Chapleau District, Ontario (1911 census)
Chapleau District was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 1,967. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.691°N, 82.190°W.
Population
In 1911, Chapleau District had a population of 1,967: 432 male and 348 female residents. Population density was 10.8 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 was contained in Chapleau, 1901 (90.0% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911
In the 1911 census, Chapleau District shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 40 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 46,268 area in acres, 1,967 total population, 432 males in the population, 348 females in the population, 272 single (never-married) males, 198 single (never-married) females, 159 families, 147 married males, 142 married females, 72.28 area in square miles, 12 widowed males, 10.79 population per square mile, 8 widowed females, 1 divorced males. 757 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 731 persons of French origin, 340 persons of British origin (Irish), 321 persons of British origin (English), 260 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 79 persons of Italian origin, 70 persons of Russian origin, 52 persons of German origin, 46 persons of Polish origin, 36 persons of Austro-Hungarian origin, 10 persons of Bulgarian or Romanian origin, 6 persons of Scandinavian origin, 3 persons of Belgian origin, 3 persons of Chinese origin, 2 persons of Swiss origin, 1 persons of Dutch origin, 1 persons of Greek origin. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 1,181 Roman Catholics, 318 Anglicans (Church of England), 233 Methodists, 138 Presbyterians, 56 Lutherans, 22 Baptists, 19 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 6 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 159 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON054014— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON054014— 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). "Chapleau District, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/chapleau-district-on054014-1911/.