Dobie, Ontario (1911 census)
Dobie was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 373. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115261292. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.698°N, 93.920°W.
Population
In 1911, Dobie had a population of 373: 123 male and 93 female residents. Population density was 6.3 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1911 | 373 |
| 1921 | 264 |
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—Ter. non-organisé, 1901 (0.0% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained White Dog Post, 1921 (33.3% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911
In the 1911 census, Dobie shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 25 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 19,783 area in acres, 373 total population, 123 males in the population, 93 females in the population, 77 single (never-married) males, 58 families, 53 single (never-married) females, 43 married males, 39 married females, 30.91 area in square miles, 6.34 population per square mile, 2 widowed males, 1 divorced males, 1 widowed females. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T2.)
Ethnic origin (1911). This community's record includes 5 persons of British origin (Irish), 3 persons of British origin (English), 3 persons of German origin. 361 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 174 Anglicans (Church of England), 60 Roman Catholics, 1 Methodists, 1 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 1 Presbyterians. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.) The 1911 enumerator also recorded 137 persons recorded under the 1911 official census category "Pagans"; primarily applied to Indigenous adherents of traditional spiritual practices. The label reflects period Christian-normative framing and is preserved as the historical source category. — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 58 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON123020— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON141014— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q115261292
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). "Dobie, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/dobie-on123020-1911/.