Dowling, Ontario (1911 census)

Dowling was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 296. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115261306. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.498°N, 81.246°W.

Population

In 1911, Dowling had a population of 296: 30 male and 27 female residents. Population density was 1.6 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).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911

In the 1911 census, Dowling shared boundaries with:

• Balfour & Morgan
• Gladstone
• Mills
• Other parts
• Snider

Full census record, 1911

The 1911 census recorded 29 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 23,155 area in acres, 296 total population, 36.18 area in square miles, 30 males in the population, 27 females in the population, 18 single (never-married) males, 17 single (never-married) females, 11 families, 10 married females, 10 married males, 2 widowed males, 1.58 population per square mile. 94 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 138 persons of French origin, 39 persons of British origin (English), 38 persons of Polish origin, 33 persons of British origin (Irish), 24 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 14 persons of Russian origin, 5 persons of Italian origin, 3 persons of German origin, 1 persons of British origin (other), 1 persons of Dutch origin. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)

Religion (1911). This community's record includes 186 Roman Catholics, 40 Methodists, 36 Presbyterians, 28 Anglicans (Church of England), 6 Baptists. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2.)

Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 11 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON054022 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON054022 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115261306

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). "Dowling, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/dowling-on054022-1911/.