Lumsden & Rayside, Ontario (1911 census)
Lumsden & Rayside was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 950. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.323°N, 82.004°W.
Population
In 1911, Lumsden & Rayside had a population of 950: 86 male and 12 female residents. Population density was 2.7 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.
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Rayside, 1921 (50.4% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Lumsden, 1921 (49.6% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911
In the 1911 census, Lumsden & Rayside shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 23 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 23,540 area in acres, 950 total population, 86 males in the population, 79 single (never-married) males, 36.78 area in square miles, 12 females in the population, 8 single (never-married) females, 7 families, 6 married males, 4 married females, 2.66 population per square mile, 1 widowed males. 3 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 896 persons of French origin, 33 persons of British origin (Irish), 11 persons of Polish origin, 5 persons of British origin (English), 4 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 1 persons of German origin. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 932 Roman Catholics, 17 Presbyterians, 1 Methodists. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 7 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON054039— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON054039— 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). "Lumsden & Rayside, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/lumsden-rayside-on054039-1911/.