Dawn, Ontario (1911 census)
Dawn was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 2,930. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.694°N, 82.125°W.
Population
In 1911, Dawn had a population of 2,930: 1,544 male and 1,386 female residents. Population density was 27.2 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 556 |
| 1861 | 726 |
| 1871 | 1,116 |
| 1881 | 2,026 |
| 1891 | 3,480 |
| 1901 | 3,659 |
| 1911 | 2,930 |
| 1921 | 2,470 |
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, Dawn shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 41 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 68,812 area in acres, 2,930 total population, 1,544 males in the population, 1,386 females in the population, 949 single (never-married) males, 759 single (never-married) females, 661 families, 563 married females, 560 married males, 107.52 area in square miles, 60 widowed females, 31 widowed males, 27.25 population per square mile, 3 legally separated females, 2 legally separated males, 1 divorced males, 1 females with marital status not given, 1 males with marital status not given. 3,659 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 1,170 persons of British origin (English), 786 persons of British origin (Irish), 691 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 149 persons of German origin, 57 persons of French origin, 23 persons of Dutch origin, 14 persons of British origin (other), 6 persons of Scandinavian origin, 2 persons of Austro-Hungarian origin. 21 persons recorded under the 1911/1921 official census category "Negro"; refers to people of African descent. Term is now considered offensive and is preserved here only as the historical source label. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 1,536 Methodists, 759 Presbyterians, 261 Anglicans (Church of England), 179 Baptists, 116 Roman Catholics, 61 Brethren, 11 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 6 Salvation Army adherents, 5 Lutherans, 3 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 1 Mennonites. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 653 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON088001— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON122003_1911— 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). "Dawn, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/dawn-on088001-1911/.