Manitowaning I R, Ontario (1911 census)

Name: Manitowaning I R (1911)
Address: Ontario, CA

Note on Indian Reserves in the Census of Canada. The 1851–1921 censuses enumerated First Nations populations on reserves inconsistently across years and regions, sometimes naming individual reserves and sometimes aggregating them under a generic "Indian Reserves" bundle per Census District. This page reflects the historical census record as published; it is not an authoritative description of any specific First Nation, band, or reserve. For accurate information, consult the annual reports of the Department of Indian Affairs (1864–present, available through Library and Archives Canada), the Indigenous Services Canada First Nation Profiles, and First Nations communities directly.

Manitowaning I R was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 1,589. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.145°N, 81.880°W.

Population

In 1911, Manitowaning I R had a population of 1,589: 13 male and 9 female residents. Population density was 0.6 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 (0.2% share).

Later boundary forms

In a later year, this CSD became part of Indian reserves, 1921 (70.9% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911

In the 1911 census, Manitowaning I R shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1911

The 1911 census recorded 25 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 24,243 area in acres, 1,589 total population, 37.88 area in square miles, 13 males in the population, 9 females in the population, 9 single (never-married) males, 8 families, 4 married females, 4 married males, 4 single (never-married) females, 1 widowed females, 0.58 population per square mile. 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 40 persons of French origin, 22 persons of British origin (Irish), 15 persons of British origin (English), 6 persons of German origin. 1,506 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 1,462 Roman Catholics, 101 Anglicans (Church of England), 17 Methodists, 7 Salvation Army adherents, 1 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 1 Baptists. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2.)

Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 8 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: ON054058 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON054058 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
External authority links suppressed for Indian Reserve entries. See methodological note above.

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). "Manitowaning I R, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/manitowaning-i-r-on054058-1911/.