Foster, Lome, Louise & Nairn, Ontario (1911 census)
Foster, Lome, Louise & Nairn was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 680. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.321°N, 81.662°W.
Population
In 1911, Foster, Lome, Louise & Nairn had a population of 680: 1,060 male and 540 female residents.
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 Foster, 1921 (25.8% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Lorne, 1921 (26.7% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Louise, 1921 (21.7% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Nairn, 1921 (25.7% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911
In the 1911 census, Foster, Lome, Louise & Nairn shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 36 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 1,060 males in the population, 680 total population, 645 single (never-married) males, 540 females in the population, 399 married males, 323 single (never-married) females, 250 families, 203 married females, 16 widowed males, 13 widowed females, 1 divorced females. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T2.)
Ethnic origin (1911). This community's record includes 196 persons of French origin, 137 persons of British origin (Irish), 119 persons of British origin (English), 83 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 63 persons of Russian origin, 41 persons of Scandinavian origin, 20 persons of German origin, 9 persons of Dutch origin, 1 persons of Austro-Hungarian origin, 1 persons of Italian origin. 7 persons recorded under the 1911 official census category "Jewish" (origin/ethnicity, distinct from the V2T2 religion category "Jews"). 1 persons recorded under the 1911/1921 official census category "Negro"; refers to people of African descent. Term is now considered offensive and is preserved here only as the historical source label. 1 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 275 Roman Catholics, 106 Anglicans (Church of England), 102 Lutherans, 102 Presbyterians, 72 Methodists, 10 Baptists, 7 Jews, 2 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 1 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 1 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.) The 1911 enumerator also recorded 1 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 246 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON054026— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON054026— 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). "Foster, Lome, Louise & Nairn, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/foster-lome-louise-nairn-on054026-1911/.