May, Salter & Township 116, Ontario (1901 census)
May, Salter & Township 116 was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 1,507. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.231°N, 82.071°W.
Population
In 1901, May, Salter & Township 116 had a population of 1,507: 858 male and 649 female residents.
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 Spanish River, 1891 (8.9% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD became part of Harrow, May & Salter, 1911 (67.4% share).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Massey t-v, 1911 (1.2% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1901
In the 1901 census, May, Salter & Township 116 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1901
The 1901 census recorded 12 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 2 categories.
Population & families (1901). This community's record includes 1,507 total population, 858 males, 649 females, 581 single males, 393 single females, 292 families, 256 married males, 225 married females, 30 widowed females, 21 widowed males, 1 divorced females. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)
Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 272 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON092042— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON092042— 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 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). "May, Salter & Township 116, Ontario (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/may-salter-township-116-on092042-1901/.