Dilke, Ontario (1901 census)

Dilke was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 387. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115261289. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.720°N, 94.316°W.

Population

In 1901, Dilke had a population of 387: 215 male and 172 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).

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 Unorganized Territory, 1891 (0.0% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD became part of Crozier, 1911 (27.1% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1901

In the 1901 census, Dilke shared boundaries with:

• Morley
• Unorganized territory—Ter. non-organisé

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 387 total population, 215 males, 172 females, 136 single males, 105 families, 95 single females, 72 married males, 63 married females, 14 widowed females, 7 widowed males. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 52 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON044061 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON141013 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115261289

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). "Dilke, Ontario (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/dilke-on044061-1901/.