Jocelyn, Ontario (1911 census)
Jocelyn was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 337. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q11727591. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.154°N, 83.954°W.
Population
In 1911, Jocelyn had a population of 337: 26 male and 21 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1901 | 452 |
| 1911 | 337 |
| 1921 | 344 |
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, Jocelyn shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 21 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 337 total population, 26 males in the population, 21 females in the population, 13 single (never-married) males, 12 families, 11 married males, 11 single (never-married) females, 10 married females, 2 widowed males. 452 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 149 persons of British origin (English), 84 persons of British origin (Irish), 59 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 45 persons of German origin. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 129 Presbyterians, 107 Anglicans (Church of England), 96 Methodists, 3 Baptists, 1 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 1 Mennonites. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 12 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON055011— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON102039— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q11727591
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jocelyn,_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). "Jocelyn, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/jocelyn-on055011-1911/.