March, Ontario (1911 census)
March was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 967. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.375°N, 75.962°W.
Population
In 1911, March had a population of 967: 515 male and 452 female residents. Population density was 20.7 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 1,125 |
| 1861 | 1,454 |
| 1871 | 1,347 |
| 1881 | 1,318 |
| 1891 | 1,264 |
| 1901 | 1,184 |
| 1911 | 967 |
| 1921 | 894 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911
In the 1911 census, March shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 28 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 29,900 area in acres, 967 total population, 515 males in the population, 452 females in the population, 343 single (never-married) males, 272 single (never-married) females, 190 families, 162 married females, 160 married males, 46.72 area in square miles, 20.70 population per square mile, 18 widowed females, 12 widowed males. 1,184 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 700 persons of British origin (Irish), 200 persons of British origin (English), 50 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 14 persons of French origin, 1 persons of Bulgarian or Romanian origin, 1 persons of German origin, 1 persons of Scandinavian origin. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 541 Anglicans (Church of England), 297 Roman Catholics, 73 Methodists, 53 Presbyterians, 2 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 1 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 190 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON061005— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON105006— 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). "March, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/march-on061005-1911/.