Gowganda Mining District, Ontario (1911 census)
Gowganda Mining District was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 505. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.579°N, 80.813°W.
Population
In 1911, Gowganda Mining District had a population of 505. Population density was 0.7 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, Gowganda Mining District shared boundaries with:
- Elk Lake Mining Div'n
- Haultain, Knight, Morel, Rankin, Tyrell, and Van Hise
- Milner
- Other Parts
- Porcupine North & South
- Temagami Forest Reserve
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 35 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 2 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| POP F | 3 |
| POP M | 8 |
| POP TOT | 505 |
Other recorded variables (32 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| ANGLICANS | 59 |
| AREA ACRES | 26,405 |
| AREA SQ MI | 41.27 |
| AUSTRO HUNGARIAN | 29 |
| BAPTISTS | 10 |
| BRIT ENGLISH | 93 |
| BRIT IRISH | 121 |
| BRIT OTHER | 1 |
| BRIT SCOTCH | 114 |
| DWELLINGS | 1 |
| F MARRIED | 1 |
| F SINGLE | 2 |
| FAMILIES | 1 |
| FRENCH | 83 |
| GERMAN | 12 |
| GREEK | 4 |
| GREEK CHURCH | 17 |
| ITALIAN | 1 |
| JEWISH | 3 |
| JEWS | 2 |
| LUTHERANS | 15 |
| M MARRIED | 1 |
| M SINGLE | 7 |
| METHODISTS | 32 |
| POLISH | 15 |
| PRESBYTERIANS | 169 |
| ROMAN CATHOLICS | 196 |
| RUSSIAN | 5 |
| SCANDINAVIAN | 5 |
| SWISS | 3 |
| UNSPECIFIED | 16 |
| VARIOUS SECTS | 5 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON099045— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON099045— 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). "Gowganda Mining District, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/gowganda-mining-district-on099045-1911/.