Lake Savant, Ontario (1911 census)
Lake Savant was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 83. The administrative centroid was at approximately 50.172°N, 93.965°W.
Population
In 1911, Lake Savant had a population of 83: 8 male and 8 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 was contained in Unorganized territory—Ter. non-organisé, 1901 (0.0% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD became part of Indian reserves, 1921 (0.4% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911
In the 1911 census, Lake Savant shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 16 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 83 total population, 8 females in the population, 8 males in the population, 7 single (never-married) males, 6 single (never-married) females, 2 families, 1 married females, 1 married males, 1 widowed females. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T2.)
Ethnic origin (1911). This community's record includes 1 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish). 82 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 46 Anglicans (Church of England), 4 Roman Catholics, 1 Presbyterians. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2.) The 1911 enumerator also recorded 32 persons recorded under the 1911 official census category "Pagans"; primarily applied to Indigenous adherents of traditional spiritual practices. The label reflects period Christian-normative framing and is preserved as the historical source category. — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 2 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON123025— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON123025— 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 Savant, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/lake-savant-on123025-1911/.