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 46.668°N, 80.492°W.
Population
In 1911, Gowganda Mining District had a population of 505: 8 male and 3 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.
Earlier boundary forms
- In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Montreal River & Temagami Lake, 1901 (14.5% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Dufferin, 1921 (6.3% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Corley, 1921 (4.8% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Gamble, 1921 (4.8% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained North Williams, 1921 (5.9% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Ray, 1921 (4.9% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Donovan, 1921 (5.0% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Brewster, 1921 (5.1% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Leonard, 1921 (6.0% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Leith, 1921 (5.0% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Chatters, 1921 (5.0% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Nicol, 1921 (4.9% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Lawson, 1921 (5.0% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Midlothian, 1921 (5.9% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Doon, 1921 (4.8% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911
In the 1911 census, Gowganda Mining District shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 35 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 26,405 area in acres, 505 total population, 41.27 area in square miles, 8 males in the population, 7 single (never-married) males, 3 females in the population, 2 single (never-married) females, 1 families, 1 married females, 1 married males. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T2.)
Ethnic origin (1911). This community's record includes 121 persons of British origin (Irish), 114 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 93 persons of British origin (English), 83 persons of French origin, 29 persons of Austro-Hungarian origin, 15 persons of Polish origin, 12 persons of German origin, 5 persons of Russian origin, 5 persons of Scandinavian origin, 4 persons of Greek origin, 3 persons of Swiss origin, 1 persons of British origin (other), 1 persons of Italian origin. 3 persons recorded under the 1911 official census category "Jewish" (origin/ethnicity, distinct from the V2T2 religion category "Jews"). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 196 Roman Catholics, 169 Presbyterians, 59 Anglicans (Church of England), 32 Methodists, 17 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 16 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 15 Lutherans, 10 Baptists, 5 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 2 Jews. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 1 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
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/.