Ley, Ontario (1911 census)
Ley was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 20. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.810°N, 84.515°W.
Population
In 1911, Ley had a population of 20: 287 male and 279 female residents. Population density was 1.6 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).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD became part of NO DATA, 1921 (0.0% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911
In the 1911 census, Ley 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 8,019 area in acres, 287 males in the population, 279 females in the population, 177 single (never-married) males, 164 single (never-married) females, 128 families, 101 married females, 101 married males, 20 total population, 14 widowed females, 12.53 area in square miles, 9 widowed males, 1.60 population per square mile. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T2.)
Ethnic origin (1911). This community's record includes 10 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 7 persons of British origin (English), 2 persons of British origin (Irish), 1 persons of French origin. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 12 Methodists, 5 Congregationalists, 3 Roman Catholics. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 128 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON055015— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON055015— 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). "Ley, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/ley-on055015-1911/.