Lyell, Murchison, Cross Lake, Dickens, Preston & Clancy, Ontario (1911 census)
Lyell, Murchison, Cross Lake, Dickens, Preston & Clancy was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 522. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.126°N, 80.975°W.
Population
In 1911, Lyell, Murchison, Cross Lake, Dickens, Preston & Clancy had a population of 522: 89 male and 55 female residents. Population density was 1.8 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 contained Murchison, Preston & part Lyell, 1901 (36.4% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Lyell, 1921 (18.6% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Murchison, 1921 (18.9% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Dickens, 1921 (17.8% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Preston, 1921 (21.9% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Clancy, 1921 (22.9% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911
In the 1911 census, Lyell, Murchison, Cross Lake, Dickens, Preston & Clancy shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 27 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 51,265 area in acres, 522 total population, 89 males in the population, 80.10 area in square miles, 58 single (never-married) males, 55 females in the population, 46 families, 35 single (never-married) females, 27 married males, 20 married females, 4 widowed males, 1.80 population per square mile. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T2.)
Ethnic origin (1911). This community's record includes 111 persons of British origin (Irish), 111 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 105 persons of British origin (English), 81 persons of German origin, 67 persons of French origin, 28 persons of Polish origin, 9 persons of Dutch origin, 2 persons of Italian origin. 8 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 191 Roman Catholics, 181 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 113 Anglicans (Church of England), 36 Lutherans, 1 Presbyterians. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 45 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON099063— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON099063— 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). "Lyell, Murchison, Cross Lake, Dickens, Preston & Clancy, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/lyell-murchison-cross-lake-dickens-preston-clancy-on099063-1911/.