Melgund, Ontario (1911 census)

Melgund was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 305. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.782°N, 94.435°W.

Population

In 1911, Melgund had a population of 305: 30 male and 21 female residents. Population density was 6.4 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 (0.0% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911

In the 1911 census, Melgund shared boundaries with:

• Graham vl
• Kenora t-v
• Long Lake Post
• Other parts-aut parties
• Strange

Full census record, 1911

The 1911 census recorded 34 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 18,784 area in acres, 305 total population, 30 males in the population, 29.30 area in square miles, 21 females in the population, 20 families, 19 single (never-married) males, 11 married males, 10 married females, 9 single (never-married) females, 6.38 population per square mile, 2 widowed females. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T2.)

Ethnic origin (1911). This community's record includes 63 persons of British origin (English), 57 persons of Austro-Hungarian origin, 47 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 44 persons of Scandinavian origin, 25 persons of French origin, 23 persons of Italian origin, 16 persons of British origin (Irish), 11 persons of Russian origin, 9 persons of German origin, 1 persons of British origin (other), 1 persons of Polish origin, 1 persons of Swiss origin. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)

Religion (1911). This community's record includes 122 Roman Catholics, 61 Anglicans (Church of England), 57 Lutherans, 48 Presbyterians, 9 Methodists, 7 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 5 Baptists, 1 Congregationalists, 1 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)

Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 20 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON123029 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON123029 — 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). "Melgund, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/melgund-on123029-1911/.