Indian Reserves, Ontario (1911 census)

Name: Indian Reserves (1911)
Address: Ontario, CA

Note on Indian Reserves in the Census of Canada. The 1851–1921 censuses enumerated First Nations populations on reserves inconsistently across years and regions, sometimes naming individual reserves and sometimes aggregating them under a generic "Indian Reserves" bundle per Census District. This page reflects the historical census record as published; it is not an authoritative description of any specific First Nation, band, or reserve. For accurate information, consult the annual reports of the Department of Indian Affairs (1864–present, available through Library and Archives Canada), the Indigenous Services Canada First Nation Profiles, and First Nations communities directly.

Indian Reserves was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 4,279. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.781°N, 94.319°W.

Population

In 1911, Indian Reserves had a population of 4,279: 314 male and 134 female residents. Population density was 2.2 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 Unorganized territory—Ter. non-organisé, 1901 (0.2% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911

In the 1911 census, Indian Reserves 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 23,312 area in acres, 4,279 total population, 314 males in the population, 205 single (never-married) males, 134 females in the population, 103 married males, 95 families, 68 single (never-married) females, 62 married females, 36.43 area in square miles, 5 widowed males, 3 widowed females, 2.25 population per square mile, 1 females with marital status not given, 1 males with marital status not given. 15 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 2 persons of French origin. 4,275 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 1,481 Roman Catholics, 963 Anglicans (Church of England), 9 Presbyterians, 2 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.) The 1911 enumerator also recorded 1,825 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 94 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: ON123051 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON123051 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
External authority links suppressed for Indian Reserve entries. See methodological note above.

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). "Indian Reserves, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/indian-reserves-on123051-1911/.