Maidstone, Ontario (1901 census)
Maidstone was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 3,117. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115262130. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.243°N, 82.798°W.
Population
In 1901, Maidstone had a population of 3,117: 1,684 male and 1,433 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 1,167 |
| 1861 | 1,652 |
| 1871 | 2,055 |
| 1881 | 3,260 |
| 1891 | 3,127 |
| 1901 | 3,117 |
| 1911 | 2,788 |
| 1921 | 2,432 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1901
In the 1901 census, Maidstone shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1901
The 1901 census recorded 12 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.
Population & families (1901). This community's record includes 3,117 total population, 1,684 males, 1,433 females, 1,114 single males, 832 single females, 596 families, 530 married females, 527 married males, 71 widowed females, 43 widowed males. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)
Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 593 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)
Agriculture (1901). This community's record includes 47,923 total area (acres). (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 109 people connected to this place who were alive in 1901, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Jacob Yost Shantz | 1822–1909 | born here |
| Edwin Delevan Tillson | 1825–1902 | born here |
| Sir John Carling | 1828–1911 | born here |
| Walker Powell | 1828–1915 | born here |
| John McClary | 1829–1921 | born here |
| David Mills | 1831–1903 | born here |
| Alexander Sutherland | 1833–1910 | born here |
| Edward Blake | 1833–1912 | born here |
| Abner Mulholland Rosebrugh | 1835–1914 | born here |
| Ebenezer McColl | 1835–1902 | born here |
| James Young | 1835–1913 | born here |
| Robert Watt Elliot | 1835–1905 | born here |
| Alexander Peter Reid | 1836–1920 | born here |
| Solomon White | 1836–1911 | born here |
| Mountcastle | 1837–1908 | born here |
| James J. (James Jerome) Hill | 1838–1916 | born here |
| John Labatt | 1838–1915 | born here |
| Archibald Blue | 1840–1914 | born here |
| Sir William Ralph Meredith | 1840–1923 | born here |
| Elias Weber Bingeman Snider | 1842–1921 | born here |
| John McDougall | 1842–1917 | born here |
| John Pearce | 1842–1909 | born here |
| Seth Newhouse | 1842–1921 | born here |
| David Howard Harrison | 1843–1905 | born here |
| W. D. (William Dillon) Otter | 1843–1929 | born here |
| George Leslie Mackay | 1844–1901 | born here |
| William Bruce McGregor | 1844–1907 | born here |
| A. W. (Arthur Wellington) Ross | 1846–1901 | born here |
| Nathaniel Francis Hagel | 1846–1915 | born here |
| Thomas Hampson Jones English painter | 1846–1916 | born here |
| George Weston Wrigley | 1847–1907 | born here |
| Jacob Kaufman | 1847–1920 | born here |
| James Conmee | 1848–1913 | born here |
| Mary Jane Baker | 1849–1934 | born here |
| Jeffry Hall Brock | 1850–1915 | born here |
| John Arthur Gibson | 1850–1912 | born here |
| Matthew McCauley | 1850–1930 | born here |
| Sir Henry Vincent Meredith | 1850–1929 | born here |
| Francis Huston Wallace | 1851–1930 | born here |
| Robert Brett | 1851–1929 | born here |
| John Andrew Davidson | 1852–1903 | born here |
| Otto Julius Klotz | 1852–1923 | born here |
| Thomas Mayne Daly | 1852–1911 | born here |
| Peter Bryce | 1853–1932 | born here |
| Sara Mickle | 1853–1930 | born here |
| Charles Kingsmill | 1855–1935 | born here |
| Edmund Ernest Sheppard | 1855–1924 | born here |
| John Adam Rittinger | 1855–1915 | born here |
| John Campbell Ferrie Bown | 1856–1933 | born here |
| Catherine Trask | 1857–1925 | born here |
| John Lineham | 1857–1913 | born here |
| Sir Adam Beck | 1857–1925 | born here |
| Thomas Daniel Green | 1857–1935 | born here |
| William James Thomson | 1857–1927 | born here |
| Adelaide Sophia Hunter | 1858–1910 | born here |
| Edmund Marter Wood | 1858–1936 | born here |
| James Alexander MacDonald | 1858–1939 | born here |
| Tip O'Neill | 1858–1915 | born here |
| Wallace Nesbitt | 1858–1930 | born here |
| William James McKay | 1858–1922 | born here |
| J. P. (James Pitt) Mabee | 1859–1912 | born here |
| Mary MacNeill | b. 1859 | born here |
| James Bower | 1860–1921 | born here |
| John Douglas Fraser Drummond | 1860–1925 | born here |
| John Taylor Fotheringham | 1860–1940 | born here |
| Thomas Leopold Willson | 1860–1915 | born here |
| Perry E. Doolittle | 1861–1933 | born here |
| Sara Jeannette Duncan | 1861–1922 | born here |
| Sir Clifford Sifton | 1861–1929 | born here |
| Archibald MacMechan | 1862–1933 | born here |
| Carl Ahrens | 1862–1936 | born here |
| Sarah Alice Rowell | 1862–1930 | born here |
| William John Hanna | 1862–1919 | born here |
| George Harcourt | 1863–1940 | born here |
| Rachel Jeffrey Coutts | 1863–1940 | born here |
| Annie Gardner Barr | 1864–1921 | born here |
| Daniel Salmon Hamilton | 1864–1929 | born here |
| Edward Bayly | 1865–1934 | born here |
| John Henderson Lamont | 1865–1936 | born here |
| John Joseph Mackenzie | 1865–1922 | born here |
| William Charles Sutherland | 1865–1940 | born here |
| Walter Cameron Nichol | 1866–1928 | born here |
| William Lash Miller | 1866–1940 | born here |
| Newton Wesley Rowell | 1867–1941 | born here |
| Sir Edward Whipple Bancroft Morrison | 1867–1925 | born here |
| Emma Priscilla Scott | 1868–1940 | born here |
| Margaret Eleanor Theodora Addison | 1868–1940 | born here |
| Susanna Carson | 1868–1908 | born here |
| Alfred Davis Fidler | 1869–1927 | born here |
| Alfred Schmitz Shadd | 1870–1915 | born here |
| Jean Isabelle Dow | 1870–1927 | born here |
| Thomas Llewellyn Metcalfe | 1870–1922 | born here |
| Isabel Johnstone | 1872–1923 | born here |
| Maitland Stewart McCarthy | 1872–1930 | born here |
| Deskaheh | 1873–1925 | born here |
| Robert Francis Forster | 1873–1929 | born here |
| David Alexander Stewart | 1874–1937 | born here |
| Isabel Ecclestone Mackay | 1875–1928 | born here |
| Sir Arthur Currie | 1875–1933 | born here |
| Franklin Wellington Wegenast | 1876–1942 | born here |
| Harriet Brooks | 1876–1933 | born here |
| Robert Walter Paterson | 1876–1936 | born here |
| Maud Leonora Menten | 1879–1960 | born here |
| Winona Flett | 1884–1922 | born here |
| Cameron Dee Brant | 1887–1915 | born here |
| Ellis Wellwood Sifton | 1891–1917 | born here |
| Mitchell Frederick Hepburn | 1896–1953 | born here |
| Stanley Wallace Rosevear | 1896–1918 | born here |
| John Raymond Knister | 1899–1932 | born here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON059002— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON110006— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q115262130
Sources
Census tabulations from the 1901 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). "Maidstone, Ontario (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/maidstone-on059002-1901/.