Jack Fish Island, Nipigon House Post, Tamarack Lake, Wabinosh Bay & Smooth Rock Lake, Ontario (1911 census)
Jack Fish Island, Nipigon House Post, Tamarack Lake, Wabinosh Bay & Smooth Rock Lake was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 244. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.844°N, 93.004°W.
Population
In 1911, Jack Fish Island, Nipigon House Post, Tamarack Lake, Wabinosh Bay & Smooth Rock Lake had a population of 244: 1 male and 85 female residents. Population density was 5.0 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 became part of Other parts, 1921 (0.0% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911
In the 1911 census, Jack Fish Island, Nipigon House Post, Tamarack Lake, Wabinosh Bay & Smooth Rock Lake shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 20 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 22,975 area in acres, 244 total population, 85 females in the population, 35.91 area in square miles, 5.01 population per square mile, 1 families, 1 males in the population, 1 single (never-married) males. 190 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 5 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 5 persons of French origin, 4 persons of British origin (Irish), 1 persons of British origin (English). 226 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 117 Roman Catholics, 3 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 1 Anglicans (Church of England), 1 Presbyterians. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.) The 1911 enumerator also recorded 124 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 1 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON123022— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON123022— 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). "Jack Fish Island, Nipigon House Post, Tamarack Lake, Wabinosh Bay & Smooth Rock Lake, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/jack-fish-island-nipigon-house-post-tamarack-lake-wabinosh-bay-smooth-rock-lake-on123022-1911/.