Cosby & Mason, Ontario (1911 census)
Cosby & Mason was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 635. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.492°N, 79.696°W.
Population
In 1911, Cosby & Mason had a population of 635: 255 male and 159 female residents. Population density was 11.4 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 NO DATA, 1901 (0.1% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Mason, 1921 (45.4% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Cosby, 1921 (54.6% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911
In the 1911 census, Cosby & Mason shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 32 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 23,232 area in acres, 635 total population, 255 males in the population, 162 single (never-married) males, 159 females in the population, 87 families, 86 married males, 80 single (never-married) females, 71 married females, 36.30 area in square miles, 11.40 population per square mile, 8 widowed females, 6 widowed males, 1 males with marital status not given. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T2.)
Ethnic origin (1911). This community's record includes 583 persons of French origin, 15 persons of British origin (English), 11 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 9 persons of Belgian origin, 8 persons of Polish origin, 1 persons of British origin (Irish), 1 persons of Italian origin. 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 607 Roman Catholics, 11 Methodists, 6 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 5 Anglicans (Church of England), 4 Presbyterians, 3 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 3 Salvation Army adherents, 1 Baptists, 1 Lutherans. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 86 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON099033— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON099033— 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). "Cosby & Mason, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/cosby-mason-on099033-1911/.