Lorrain & South Lorrain, Ontario (1911 census)
Lorrain & South Lorrain was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 547. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.581°N, 80.102°W.
Population
In 1911, Lorrain & South Lorrain had a population of 547: 95 male and 85 female residents. Population density was 5.0 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 Montreal River & Temagami Lake, 1901 (3.4% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Lorrain, 1921 (38.9% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911
In the 1911 census, Lorrain & South Lorrain shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 40 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 22,886 area in acres, 547 total population, 95 males in the population, 85 females in the population, 61 single (never-married) males, 51 single (never-married) females, 35.76 area in square miles, 33 families, 33 married males, 31 married females, 5.03 population per square mile, 3 widowed females, 1 widowed males. 16 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 206 persons of French origin, 97 persons of British origin (English), 91 persons of British origin (Irish), 62 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 28 persons of Scandinavian origin, 16 persons of Russian origin, 13 persons of German origin, 10 persons of Polish origin, 5 persons of British origin (other), 5 persons of Italian origin, 2 persons of Belgian origin. 7 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). 1 persons recorded under the 1911/1921 official census category "Negro"; refers to people of African descent. Term is now considered offensive and is preserved here only as the historical source label. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 298 Roman Catholics, 84 Anglicans (Church of England), 76 Presbyterians, 35 Lutherans, 29 Methodists, 13 Baptists, 5 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 4 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 2 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 2 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 1 Congregationalists, 1 Mormons (Latter-day Saints). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 33 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON099062— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON099062— 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). "Lorrain & South Lorrain, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/lorrain-south-lorrain-on099062-1911/.