Fort Matatchewan, Bear Creek & Bear Island, Ontario (1911 census)
Fort Matatchewan, Bear Creek & Bear Island was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 235. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.624°N, 79.824°W.
Population
In 1911, Fort Matatchewan, Bear Creek & Bear Island had a population of 235: 284 male and 212 female residents. Population density was 13.8 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.
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Bear Island, 1921 (1.4% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Alma, 1921 (28.7% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911
In the 1911 census, Fort Matatchewan, Bear Creek & Bear Island shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 24 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 23,001 area in acres, 284 males in the population, 235 total population, 212 females in the population, 177 single (never-married) males, 131 families, 116 single (never-married) females, 94 married males, 92 married females, 35.94 area in square miles, 13.80 population per square mile, 13 widowed males, 4 widowed females. 85 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 15 persons of British origin (English), 7 persons of French origin, 1 persons of British origin (Irish). 212 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 223 Roman Catholics, 5 Anglicans (Church of England), 4 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 2 Presbyterians, 1 Baptists. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 131 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON099085— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON099085— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.
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). "Fort Matatchewan, Bear Creek & Bear Island, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/fort-matatchewan-bear-creek-bear-island-on099085-1911/.