Lake of the Woods, Ontario (1911 census)
Lake of the Woods was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 335. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.269°N, 89.700°W.
Population
In 1911, Lake of the Woods had a population of 335: 93 male and 73 female residents. Population density was 10.9 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.
Earlier boundary forms
- In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Unorganized territory—Ter. non-organisé, 1901 (0.0% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911
In the 1911 census, Lake of the Woods 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 23,125 area in acres, 335 total population, 93 males in the population, 73 females in the population, 53 single (never-married) males, 43 families, 36.13 area in square miles, 35 single (never-married) females, 34 married females, 34 married males, 10.93 population per square mile, 6 widowed males, 4 widowed females. 279 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 90 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 70 persons of French origin, 49 persons of British origin (English), 47 persons of Scandinavian origin, 38 persons of British origin (Irish), 21 persons of German origin, 5 persons of Austro-Hungarian origin, 3 persons of Russian origin, 1 persons of British origin (other). 1 persons recorded under the 1911 official census category "Jewish" (origin/ethnicity, distinct from the V2T2 religion category "Jews"). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 138 Roman Catholics, 59 Lutherans, 58 Anglicans (Church of England), 44 Presbyterians, 16 Methodists, 12 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 10 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 7 Baptists, 1 Jews. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 43 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON123024— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON123024— 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). "Lake of the Woods, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/lake-of-the-woods-on123024-1911/.