King, Ontario (1901 census)

King was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 5,565. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q483483. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.975°N, 79.598°W.

Population

In 1901, King had a population of 5,565: 2,906 male and 2,659 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).

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 King, 1891 (87.8% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1901

In the 1901 census, King shared boundaries with:

• Albion
• Aurora, T-V
• Gwillimbury, East—Est
• Gwillimbury, West—Ouest
• Tecumseth
• Vaughan
• Whitchurch

Full census record, 1901

The 1901 census recorded 12 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1901). This community's record includes 5,565 total population, 2,906 males, 2,659 females, 1,824 single males, 1,553 single females, 1,132 families, 966 married males, 942 married females, 164 widowed females, 116 widowed males. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 1,130 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Agriculture (1901). This community's record includes 80,622 total area (acres). (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON130008 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON154005 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q483483
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King,_Ontario
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_(Ontario)

Sources

Census tabulations from the 1901 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). "King, Ontario (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/king-on130008-1901/.