Herschell & McClure, Ontario (1911 census)
Herschell & McClure was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 913. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.139°N, 77.986°W.
Population
In 1911, Herschell & McClure had a population of 913: 340 male and 300 female residents. Population density was 7.0 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 Herschell, 1921 (52.9% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained McClure, 1921 (47.1% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911
In the 1911 census, Herschell & McClure shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 31 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 58,136 area in acres, 913 total population, 340 males in the population, 300 females in the population, 218 single (never-married) males, 175 single (never-married) females, 141 families, 113 married males, 109 married females, 90.84 area in square miles, 16 widowed females, 9 widowed males, 7.04 population per square mile. 390 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 504 persons of British origin (Irish), 182 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 133 persons of British origin (English), 70 persons of German origin, 18 persons of French origin. 5 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 331 Roman Catholics, 199 Methodists, 190 Presbyterians, 145 Anglicans (Church of England), 19 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 19 Lutherans, 6 Disciples of Christ, 3 Baptists, 1 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 1 Salvation Army adherents. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 139 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON080003— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON080003— 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). "Herschell & McClure, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/herschell-mcclure-on080003-1911/.