Dawson, Ontario (1901 census)

Dawson was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 167. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115261246. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.901°N, 83.097°W.

Population

In 1901, Dawson had a population of 167: 97 male and 70 female residents.

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 1901

In the 1901 census, Dawson shared boundaries with:

• Robinson

Full census record, 1901

The 1901 census recorded 11 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 2 categories.

Population & families (1901). This community's record includes 167 total population, 97 males, 70 females, 66 single males, 38 single females, 34 families, 30 married males, 28 married females, 4 widowed females, 1 widowed males. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 34 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON044091 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON127011 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115261246

Sources

Census tabulations from the 1901 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). "Dawson, Ontario (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/dawson-on044091-1901/.