Erin, Ontario (1901 census)

Erin was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 3,587. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3492596. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.744°N, 80.115°W.

Population

In 1901, Erin had a population of 3,587: 1,847 male and 1,740 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, Erin shared boundaries with:

• Caledon
• Chinguacousy
• Eramosa
• Erin, Village
• Esquesing
• Garafraxa, East—Est
• Garafraxa, West—Ouest

Full census record, 1901

The 1901 census recorded 14 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1901). This community's record includes 3,587 total population, 1,847 males, 1,740 females, 1,171 single males, 1,021 single females, 758 families, 611 married males, 607 married females, 111 widowed females, 64 widowed males, 1 divorced females, 1 divorced males. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 755 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Agriculture (1901). This community's record includes 74,272 total area (acres). (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON126002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON152003 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3492596
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erin,_Ontario
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erin_(Ontario)

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). "Erin, Ontario (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/erin-on126002-1901/.