James, Ontario (1911 census)
James was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 82. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q6127957. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.710°N, 80.339°W.
Population
In 1911, James had a population of 82: 379 male and 247 female residents. Population density was 16.8 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1911 | 82 |
| 1921 | 474 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911
In the 1911 census, James 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 23,810 area in acres, 379 males in the population, 247 females in the population, 247 single (never-married) males, 136 single (never-married) females, 128 married males, 110 married females, 101 families, 82 total population, 37.20 area in square miles, 16.83 population per square mile, 4 widowed males, 1 widowed females. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T2.)
Ethnic origin (1911). This community's record includes 2 persons of British origin (English), 2 persons of French origin, 1 persons of British origin (Irish), 1 persons of Italian origin. 62 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 71 Roman Catholics, 14 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 5 Anglicans (Church of England), 2 Methodists, 2 Presbyterians. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 101 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON099083— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON148093— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q6127957
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James,_Ontario
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). "James, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/james-on099083-1911/.