Jaffray & Melick, Ontario (1911 census)
Jaffray & Melick was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 247. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.869°N, 93.762°W.
Population
In 1911, Jaffray & Melick had a population of 247: 218 male and 177 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 contained Rat Portage, 1901 (39.8% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Jaffray, 1921 (40.4% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Mellick, 1921 (44.3% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911
In the 1911 census, Jaffray & Melick shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 34 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 24,238 area in acres, 247 total population, 218 males in the population, 177 females in the population, 144 single (never-married) males, 107 single (never-married) females, 73 married males, 72 families, 66 married females, 37.87 area in square miles, 4 widowed females, 1 widowed males. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T2.)
Ethnic origin (1911). This community's record includes 73 persons of British origin (English), 70 persons of French origin, 31 persons of Scandinavian origin, 26 persons of British origin (Irish), 25 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 11 persons of German origin, 1 persons of British origin (other), 1 persons of Russian origin. 7 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). 2 persons recorded under the 1911/1921 official census category "Negro"; refers to people of African descent. Term is now considered offensive and is preserved here only as the historical source label. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 86 Roman Catholics, 45 Anglicans (Church of England), 34 Methodists, 31 Lutherans, 22 Presbyterians, 15 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 7 Baptists, 3 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 2 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 1 Mennonites, 1 Salvation Army adherents. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 72 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON123023— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON123023— 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). "Jaffray & Melick, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/jaffray-melick-on123023-1911/.